3-074-867 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Statue of Lord Beaconsfield at Liverpool, 1883. 'At Liverpool, yesterday week, the bronze statue of the late Earl of Beaconsfield [British prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli], provided by a local public subscription, was unveiled in front of St. George's Hall. This important work of art, shown in our Illustration, does much credit to the sculptor, Mr. C. B. Birch, A.R.A.; and the figure, face, and attitude of Lord Beaconsfield are well represented. The pedestal is of polished red granite, with ornamental bronze panels, bearing a wreath of bay intercrossed with branches of olive. The total height of the statue and pedestal is 23 ft. The granite used in the pedestal weighs eighteen tons, and the weight of the statue is about three tons. The total cost of the work is about 2200 guineas. The ceremony was performed by the Right Hon. Sir Richard Cross, M.P., accompanied by the Marquis of Waterford, the Mayor of Liverpool (Mr. Thomas Holder), Sir Thomas Edwards-Moss, and members of the Executive Committee. The Mayor of Liverpool accepted the charge of the statue on behalf of the municipality. There was a banquet afterwards at the Liverpool Conservative Club'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.