File:Sitting on History (1995) by Bill Woodrow, British Library, London, UK - 20061031.jpg
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[edit]Bill Woodrow: English: Sitting on History. ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q476192 |
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Title |
English: Sitting on History. |
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Description |
English: The sculpture Sitting on History (1995) by Bill Woodrow, located in the Entrance Hall of the British Library in London, England, UK. The work, with its ball and chain, refers to the book as the captor of information from which we cannot escape.
(The bust at the top left of the photograph is of Colin St John Wilson by Celia Scott (1998), which was a gift from The American Trust for the British Library.) |
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Date |
1995 date QS:P571,+1995-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
bronze medium QS:P186,Q34095 . |
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Dimensions | 100 × 150 × 200 cm (39.3 × 59 × 78.7 in). Weight: 428 kg (950.42 lb). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection | Creator:British Library | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current location | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References | [1] (archived at [2]). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Own work; photographed by Senra (John McCullough) on 31 October 2006, 15:45. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions | [3]. |
Camera location | 51° 31′ 45.99″ N, 0° 07′ 37.44″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.529441; -0.127067 |
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There is a discrepancy of 17580 meters between the above coordinates and the ones stored at SDC (51°31′46″N 0°7′37″E, precision: 5 m). Please reconcile them. |
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Image title | Bill Woodrow's 'Sitting On History' was purchased for the British Library by Carl Djerassi and Diane Middlebrook in 1997. It was photographed in the foyer (lobby) of the British Library. Sitting on History, with its ball and chain, refers to the book as the captor of information which we cannot escape. Information above gleaned from information sheet available at the British Library information desk. The bust you can see top left is Sir Colin St John Wilson RA - Celia Scott, 1998 - a gift from the American Trust for the British Library |
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Camera manufacturer | OLYMPUS CORPORATION |
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Author | John McCullough |
Copyright holder | Copyright (C) 2006, John McCullough |
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Date and time of data generation | 15:45, 31 October 2006 |
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File change date and time | 14:22, 22 July 2010 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 15:45, 31 October 2006 |
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