Statue Of Circe At West End Of Central Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Statue.

Statue Of Circe At West End Of Central Garden

WRENN ID: moated-remnant-hawk
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Leeds
Country: England
Date first listed: 5 August 1976
Type: Statue
Source: Historic England listing

Description

LEEDS

SE2933NE PARK SQUARE 714-1/75/328 Statue of Circe at west end of 05/08/76 central garden (Formerly Listed as: PARK SQUARE Statue at west end of Central Garden)

GV II

Statue. c1895. By Alfred Drury. Purchased 1895 by Leeds City Art Gallery. Bronze. Octagonal plinth with Classical motifs and Greek mask flanked by 3 swine and a vase with spilt grapes; nude female figure, mirror and part of drapery missing. Stands on a C20 brick base. Statue of Circe who changed Ulysses' companions into a herd of swine. The statue originally stood in the Queen's Room of Leeds City Art Gallery (qv), photographs of the room c1910 show the statue complete. (Payne, B & Payne D: Old Leeds in Photographs: 14-15).

Listing NGR: SE2958833716

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