Detail View: The John Rylands Library: John Wycliff

Image Number: 
JRL030010tr
Image Title: 
John Wycliff
Alternative Image Title: 
John Wyclyf
Alternative Image Title: 
John Wycliffe
Creator: 
Champneys, Basil, 1842-1935
Creator Role: 
Architect
Creator: 
Robert Bridgeman & Sons Ltd
Creator Role: 
Sculptor
Date Created: 
1895-1897
Description: 
Statue of John Wycliffe in the Reading Room of the John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. Wycliffe was the first translator of the Bible into English and founder of the Lollards.
Subject: 
Library buildings
Subject: 
John Rylands Library
Subject: 
Architecture
Sub-Category: 
Sculpture
Technique Used: 
Sculpting
Support: 
Shawk stone
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Places Covered: 
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
People Covered: 
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Current Site: 
The John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Image Creation Technique: 
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, June 2003
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB