Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules

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Hercules wears a lion’s pelt with its head and upper jaw as a helmet. He leans forward with all his weight on his left leg. A large rough wooden club, held with both hands, rests on the back of his neck and is about to be swung forward. He is standing on a panelled plinth with bowed ends.
Title

Hercules

Date

c.1705–1758

Medium

lead & limestone

Measurements

H 165 x W 120 x D 150 cm;
Plinth: H 140 x W 115 x D 48 cm

Accession number

BS8_PF_S147

Acquisition method

commissioned by King’s Weston House

Work type

Statue

Owner

University of Bristol

Custodian

University of Bristol

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Listing date

08/01/59

Access

at all times

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Located at

Clifton Hill, Bristol City

BS8 4TP

Located on the lawn terrace at the rear of Goldney Hall, approximately 100 metres from the house.