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Originally Posted by Turtle
The figures in No.9 are a puzzle: the guy on the left seems to be holding a ball of yarn, the middle figure carries a book, and the guy on the right looks like Bacchus with a goblet of vino! There must be some significance to it but darned if I know!
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A bit of info for you about that statue -
"Theology Directing the Labours of Science and Art"
"Three figures; theology is represented by a standing female figure holding in her left hand a volume of Holy Writ, and with her right hand she directs Science, who is depicted as an old man studying a globe. Art is shown as a youthful metal worker who is making a chalice, and is depicted in the act of listening to Theology."
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- John Rylands Library