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Sculpture on Campus
University of Birmingham

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Old and new are on show, from the 1722 statue of King George I by Van Nost, at the East Gate, to Sir Eduardo Paolozzi's Faraday at the West Gate, given by the artist to mark the University's Centenary in 2000. Other works to be seen are King Edward VII by Alfred Drury in the Aston Webb Building; Woman in a hat by Bernard Sindall, outside Staff House; Mermaid by William Bloye, Guild Courtyard; The Wrestlers by E Bainbridge Copnall, outside Mechanical Engineering; Ancestor I by Barbara Hepworth, University Square; and the rediscovered marble bust of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema by Onslow Ford is on show in the Heslop Room of the Main Library (from http://www.collections.bham.ac.uk/sculpture.htm, includes some photos).