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Title
Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792)
Date
1933
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 12.7 x W 80 x D 8 cm;
Plinth: H 140 x W 91.7 x D 40 cm
Accession number
PRSMG : S67
Acquisition method
purchased, 1933
Work type
Sculpture
Inscription description
below portrait: SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT / BORN PRESTON 1732. APPRENTICED / TO A BARBER. LATER SET UP HIS / OWN BUSINESS IN BOLTON RETURNED / TO PRESTON AND ASSEMBLED HIS FIRST / SPINNING MACHINE IN A ROOM IN A HOUSE / IN STONYGATE THEN THE RESIDENCE OF / THE HEADMASTER OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL / AFTERWARDS A PUBLIC HOUSE KNOWN AS / THE ARKWRIGHT ARMS KNIGHTED 1786 / DIED 1792 / ERECTED BY THE CORPORATION OF PRESTON BI-CENTENARY DEC 23 1932