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Two relief sculptures set in pebbledash panels, depicting a woman instructing small children to the left of the entrance to the voluntary service centre and a man teaching a youth to the right.

Title

Woman Instructing Small Children and Man Teaching a Youth (Reliefs)

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 100 x W 60 x D 10 cm (E)

Accession number

CH63_RB_S002

Work type

Relief

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on left relief, followed by indecipherable Roman date: TAKE FAST HOLD OF INSTRUCTION / LET HER NOT GO. KEEP HER; FOR / SHE IS THY LIFE. J.N.; on right relief: WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING / THEREFORE GET WISDOM. AND WITH ALL THY GETTING. GET UNDERSTANDING

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