Peter Pan is a sculpture by English artist George Frampton of playwright J M Berry's character, Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up. The original statue is in the northeast part of Kensington Gardens in London, to the west of The Long Water. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910/00/00 | J M Barrie | Patron | James Barrie commissions George Frampton to create a statue in bronze of his literary character "Peter Pan". | ||||
| 1911/05/00 | George James Frampton | Artist | George Frampton exhibits a completed plaster model of "Peter Pan" at the Royal Academy in London. | Royal Academy Including Burlington House And Galleries And Royal Academy Schools Buildings | London | ||
| 1912/04/30 | George James Frampton | Artist | George Frampton's "Peter Pan" is erected in London without fanfare and without permission. | Kensington Gardens | London | ||
| 1912/05/01 | J M Barrie | Patron | There is a surprise in store for the children who go to Kensington Gardens to feed the ducks in the Serpentine.... a figure of Peter Pan blowing his pipe on the stump of a tree, with fairies and mice and squirrels all around. - J M Barrie ad, The Times | Kensington Gardens | London | ||
| 1924/00/00 | George James Frampton | Benefactor | George Frampton donates a cast of "Peter Pan" to the Belgian state to recognise the Anglo-Belgian friendship during the First World War. Placed in Egmont Park in Brussels, it suffered bullet damage in WWII, but was restored in 2010. | Brussels, BE | Brussels-Capital Region | ||
| 1925/08/29 | A copy of "Peter Pan" is placed in Bowring Park, St John's, Newfoundland, as a tribute to Betty Munn, the daughter of John Shannon Munn, who had died aged three on 23 February 1918 in the sinking of SS Florizel. | St John's | Newfoundland and Labrador | ||||
| 1928/06/16 | Overnight, a cast of "Peter Pan" is installed in Sefton Park, in Liverpool. Vandalised in 1990, the restored statue was relocated to near the Palm House. It received a Grade II listing in 1985. | Palm House, Sefton Park | Liverpool | ||||
| 1929/00/00 | Eldridge Reeves Johnson | Benefactor | Eldridge R Johnson donates a cast of "Peter Pan" to Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey. It is located outside the Walt Whitman Arts Center. | Cooper Library in Johnson Park | Camden, NJ | ||
| 1929/06/10 | Donated by Rotary International to the city to celebrate the centenary of the state of Western Australia, a cast of "Peter Pan" is erected overnight in Queens Gardens, Perth, Australia. | Perth | Western Australia | ||||
| 1929/09/14 | A copy of "Peter Pan" is erected by the College Heights Association in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The park became Peter Pan Park after the statue, but was later renamed Glenn Gould Park. | Toronto | Ontario |
| Particulars for Peter Pan (sculpture): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Art | expression of creative skill and imagination such as painting or sculpture | |
| Material | Bronze | ||
| Sight Category | Object | ||
| Attribute | Outdoor | ||
| Art Type | Sculpture | ||
| Historic Use | Work of Art | ||
| Information | |||
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| English Listed Building, Kensington Garden: | 1217595 | ||
| English Listed Building, Liverpool: | 1062529 | ||
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