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Previous | Home | NextPriestley is holding a lens and a mortar with mercuric oxide, after the idea of the Leeds statue {LINK: Leeds}. The statue was fashioned by A. W. Williamson and was unveiled in 1874 commemorating the 100th anniversary of his discovery of oxygen (originally located in Victoria Square, 100 meters east); it was originally marble but recast in bronze in 1951.
