Boswell Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1952. Statue.

Boswell Statue

WRENN ID: fallen-belfry-wind
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Lichfield
Country: England
Date first listed: 5 February 1952
Type: Statue
Source: Historic England listing

Description

LICHFIELD

SK1109NE MARKET SQUARE 1094-1/5/120 (North West side) 05/02/52 Boswell Statue

GV II

Statue of James Boswell. 1908. By Percy Fitzgerald. Ashlar with bronze figure and panels; wrought-iron railings. Plinth has 3 bronze relief panels of scenes of Johnson and Boswell. Front inscription: BOSWELL/ 1740:1795, below an armorial crest. Portrait medallions of Boswell's contemporaries to frieze. Inscription to rear. Statue in contemporary dress with sword and hat. Plain iron railings, some serpentine. Boswell was the friend and biographer of Dr Samuel Johnson; the statue was made and presented by Percy Fitzgerald, writer and sculptor, the biographer of Boswell. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London: 1974-: P.194; Thorne JO: Chambers Biographical Dictionary: Edinburgh: 1974-: P.473, 157).

Listing NGR: SK1176209587

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