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

Alfred Tory
Memorial plaque to John Wesley, date not known (sited in 1951)
Paradise Square
bronze tablet
Location:
Paradise Square. (A-Z p5 2E)

Description:
Bronze tablet with a relief bust of John Wesley, commemorating the occasions on which he preached in Paradise Square on July 15th 1779.

Commission:
Unveiled by the Methodist Conference in 1951.

Comment:
The plaque was obviously sculpted (and cast ?) some years before siting as Alfred Tory died before this took place.
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