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Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)
Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)
Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)
Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)
Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Paul Francis / Art UK

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The bronze figure of Chatterton sits informally on a public bench. He was originally reading a ‘sheet of paper’, now detached and in store, in his raised left hand. His clothes – a loose shirt, close fitting breeches, stockings and plain shoes – are based on those in Henry Wallis’s painting depicting his suicide. Much of the surface of the bronze is textured. The inscription on the papers at his feet is from 'a mock suicide note he wrote to shock his employer into releasing him from his indentures' when he was still in Bristol.
Title

Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)

Date

2000 or before

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 125 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E)

Accession number

BS1_PF_S005

Work type

Statue

Owner

At-Bristol Limited

Custodian

At-Bristol Limited

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on a circular bronze plaque set in paving beside the statue: AN EMINENT BRISTOLIAN / THOMAS CHATTERTON / 1752–1770 / POET – ‘A MARVELLOUS BOY’ / BY LAWRENCE HOLOFCENER / 2000 AD / BRONZE / SUPPORTED BY / WINTERTHUR LIFE UK / AT-BRISTOL; on the book in his lap: ROWLEY / PAPERS / THOMAS / CHATTERTON

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Located at

Millennium Square, Bristol City

BS1 5LL

Set at the south-west end of Millennium Square.