Detail depiction of the virtue of labour carved in a spandrel in the vestibule of Sheffield Town Hall with the motto 'Work While it is Day for the Night Cometh'

Date:
1897
Location:
Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield
Reference:
BL13725D
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The town hall was designed by E W Mountford with carved decoration by Pomeroy. This photograph shows the building upon completion in 1897.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Sculptor: Pomeroy, Frederick William

Architect: Mountford, Edward William

Keywords

Spandrel, Town Hall