Statue of Ebenezer Elliott, Weston Park

Memorial statue, 1854 by Neville Northey Burnard.

MATERIALS: a bronze statue on a granite pedestal with a York stone stepped base and cast-iron bollards.

DESCRIPTION Not inspected, information from other sources. The over-life-size figure of Elliott is shown seated on a rock, wearing a frock coat, waistcoat and cravat. He is holding a sheaf of corn in his right hand, referencing his role as a Corn Law reformer, and has a book of verses, or possibly a folded pamphlet, in his left hand. Around the base of the rock are relief-carved foxgloves and ivy. The base at the rear of the statue is inscribed with a signature and stamped with a sculptor’s mark N.N.BURNARD. SC. The statue is set on a tall, square granite pedestal with a chamfered plinth and shaped cap. It is inscribed ELLIOTT. on the front face in large plain letters. The pedestal is set on a two-stepped York stone base, with a round cast-iron bollard located at each corner.