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| ArtistMaker: | WALKER, Samuel (designer) | 
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| TitleOfWork: | sundial | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | detail: sundial face | |
| DateOfCreation: | 1739 | |
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| Medium: | sandstone and metal | |
| Location: | Clifton Park, in a formal garden behind the Clifton Park Museum | |
| AtoZReference: | p.79 3F | |
| Postcode: | S65 2AA | |
| Street: | Clifton Lane | |
| TownOrVillage: | Rotherham | |
| AreaInTown: | Clifton | |
| MetropolitanBorough: | Rotherham | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | r031d | |
| Description: Much dilapidated and graffiti covered sundial. Set on a square plinth, the sundial itself is on a large block of stone mounted on a small round column. The hands are both broken. Inscriptions: Two faces of the sundial have inscriptions: 'Dum ipectas / fu-gio RW / 1739 ' And 'Sic tranfit glo / ria mundi' Commission: Samuel Walker was the brother of Joshua Walker for whom Clifton House was built in 1783. There were three Walker brothers; nail-makers and ironworkers from Mosbrough. Comment: The sundial has been moved from two previous locations because of problems with vandalism. |
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