Bold Street / Concert Street, Downtown Liverpool L1
Picture by Tony Siebenthaler
Sculptor: Stephen Broadbent
Founders: Varleys of St Helens
Height: 13ft 4in (4.06 metres)
Unveiled: 19th September 1990, by Dorothy M. Gavin (Lord Mayer of Liverpool)
Identical statues are located at Glasgow and Belfast
Total cost of the three statues: £50,000
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At first there were
three identical statues in Belfast, Glasgow & Liverpool, the
reconciliation referring to religious differences. Two more identical
statues are now placed in Cotonou, Benin and in Richmond Virginia. With
Liverpool, Cotonou and Richmond are three points in the slave trade
triangle. The statues are a physical statement but the Reconciliation
Triangle Project aims to link students in Benin, Richmond & Liverpool,
building bridges that might overcome racial disadvantage and economic
separation in schools and communities. It is also hoped to make a film
on the life of Olaudah Equiano, the freed slave, who was active in the
Abolitionist movement. With five other major commissions in Liverpool
(including the imminent Hope Street project) and no less than 35 major
pieces across North and Central England, Broadbent is one of our most
important contemporary sculptors, for a selection of his work go to
'link to Broadbent pages'. Sources: http://www.reconciliationtriangle.org/ & http://www.sbal.co.uk/sbal/pages/html/projects.php?project=11111 Alan Maycock © 2007 View this page in high quality PDF format Walk 003 | Home Friends of Liverpool Monuments |