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Latitude: 53.7989 / 53°47'56"N
Longitude: -1.5523 / 1°33'8"W
OS Eastings: 429588
OS Northings: 433716
OS Grid: SE295337
Mapcode National: GBR BHK.4Z
Mapcode Global: WHC9D.4S31
Plus Code: 9C5WQCXX+H3
Entry Name: Statue of Circe at West End of Central Garden
Listing Date: 5 August 1976
Last Amended: 11 September 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375465
English Heritage Legacy ID: 466361
ID on this website: 101375465
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1
County: Leeds
Electoral Ward/Division: City and Hunslet
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Leeds
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Leeds St George
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Statue
LEEDS
SE2933NE PARK SQUARE
714-1/75/328 Statue of Circe at west end of
05/08/76 central garden
(Formerly Listed as:
PARK SQUARE
Statue at west end of Central Garden)
GV II
Statue. c1895. By Alfred Drury. Purchased 1895 by Leeds City
Art Gallery. Bronze. Octagonal plinth with Classical motifs
and Greek mask flanked by 3 swine and a vase with spilt
grapes; nude female figure, mirror and part of drapery
missing. Stands on a C20 brick base. Statue of Circe who
changed Ulysses' companions into a herd of swine.
The statue originally stood in the Queen's Room of Leeds City
Art Gallery (qv), photographs of the room c1910 show the
statue complete.
(Payne, B & Payne D: Old Leeds in Photographs: 14-15).
Listing NGR: SE2958833716
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