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Title
Two Benches (‘Songs Are Even Able…’, Virgil)
Date
2001–2004
Medium
Caithness stone
Measurements
H 40 x W 85 x D 35 cm
Accession number
BS1_PF_S101
Work type
Street furniture
Owner
Trustees of St George’s Bristol
Custodian
Trustees of St George’s Bristol
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
04/03/77
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscriptions on the bench to the left: CARMINAVEL CAELO / POSSUNT DEDUCERE / LUNAM / VIRG. ECL. VIII; on the bench to the right; SONGS ARE EVEN ABLE TO / DRAW DOWN THE MOON / FROM HEAVEN / VIRG. ECL. VIII