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Manchester
Greater Manchester North West England St. Peter's Square |
Adrift |
John Cassidy
1907 |
In the Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project 'Manchester's first modern figurative outdoor sculpture' is described as follows:
Bronze sculpture of a family clinging to a raft in a stormy sea. The central figure is a half-naked man, holding a sheet aloft in his raised right hand, calling for help. Arranged around him are the figures of his wife and three children. His wife is shown leaning over and kissing their infant son. To the left, is the daughter, her raised arm held in her father's left hand. At the rear is the prone figure of a youth, the elder son, holding his breast. Parts of the raft are visible in the waves which make up the base.
Since 2015 the sculpture is at the present location.
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Adrift 1907 John Cassidy 1860-1939 John Cassidy was born in Ireland but settled in Manchester. He wrote that this sculpture represents: Humanity adrift on the sea of life, depicting sorrows and danger, hopes and fears and embodying the dependence of human beings upon one another, the response of human sympathy to human needs and the inevitable dependence upon Divine Aid. Presented to Manchester Art Gallery in 1908 by James Gresham C.E., J.P. |
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