PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD
Tory,
Firm of
Museum reliefs, 1937
City Museum, Weston Park
stone
It "symbolizes the purpose of the Museum. It depicts the Shrine of Knowledge placed upon four steps carved with animals indicating the order of their appearance in time - Crustaceans, Fishes, Reptiles and Mammals - with Birds in flight around the Altar. Figures approaching from the sides bring gifts from lands beyond the seas. Another frieze on the east side of the Hall illustrates men at work in Sheffield’s heavy industries".
