Public Art Research Archive, Sheffield Hallam University
PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD

Thomas Earp
‘Annunciation’, 1879
St Marie's Cathedral, Norfolk Row
stone
Location:
St Marie’s Cathedral, at the corner of Norfolk Row and Norfolk Street, S1. Beneath this piece is the external door to the parish rooms and sacristy
(A-Z p. 5 3E)

Description:
The scene of the annuciation is shown within a deeply carved and highly arched niche.

Commission:
not known

Comment:
A favourite resting place for pigeons.

About the artist:
Thomas Earp (active between 1860 and 1880) was also the sculptor for the Eleanor Cross erected outside Charing Cross Station, London, in 1865.
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