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Two mariners pulling on stainless steel sails – an old Jack Tar figure representing the past life of the river and a young woman in a wetsuit representing the future of the river. The mast symbolises the turning point of the Millennium.

Title

The Mariners

Date

2000

Medium

stainless steel, bronze & concrete

Accession number

ME4_TJ_S002

Acquisition method

funded by the community

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Inscription description

metal band at one end of sculpture: THE MARINERS 2000 / TRUST CHAIRMAN NICK JENKINS SCULPTOR SAM HOLLAND TRUSTEES ROBERT MARSHALL ANDREWS QC MP SIMON CLUBLEY; metal band around base: “SALT WORN AND WEARY EYES CAST BACK. SEE HARD LIVES CARVE PROUD HISTORY, SAILOR, TRADERS, WHORES OR HEROES KIN OF A RIVERS FAMILY STRONG, LITHE AND YOUNG SHES SAILING ON HORIZONS UNSEEN GLORIES GROW FUTURE FLOODS IN, PAST EBBS OUT, A CITYS STORY FAR TO FLOW”; a second metal band around the base is etched with all the names of companies, organisations and individual benefactors of the sculpture

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