Awakening Sculpture, Roper's Garden

The Awakening Sculpture is a bronze figurative sculpture created by G Ledward in 1915, cast between 1922 and 1923, and installed in 1964 as part of Roper's Garden, which was designed by Peter Shepheard of Bridgwater, Shepheard & Epstein.

The sculpture is fixed to a cement pedestal with a cement planter border. It features a female nude with arms outstretched, rendered in a naturalistic style. The sculpture stands 1.85 meters tall and is mounted on a slender pedestal, bringing the total height to approximately 3 meters. Surrounding the sculpture is a raised, square cement planter measuring around 1.5 by 1.5 meters, which creates a flowerbed around the pedestal and integrates the sculpture into the overall garden design. The representational figure contrasts with Jacob Epstein's abstract female figure, which is a fragment of an unfinished relief located on the east side of Roper's Garden since 1972.