Colossal Marble Bust of Felix Mendelssohn
Created by Peter Hollins
Date: 1850
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: sculpture
Object type: bust
Material: stone - marble
Technique: carved
Description: 'to be placed in the Town Hall at Birmingham, as a tribute to his genius, and as a public testimonial of regard for his memory; but especially because he there first conducted his great oratorio, Elijah, composed expressly for the Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival of 1846'
Exhibitions and other Events
Exhibited at Exhibition of Modern Works of Art, at the Rooms of the Society, Temple Row (Birmingham Society of Artists), 1850
1851 (Presumed)
Citing this record
'Colossal Marble Bust of Felix Mendelssohn', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib4_1202145496, accessed 16 May 2022]
