The Liverpool Plinth

Liverpool Parish Church
5 Old Churchyard
Liverpool
Merseyside
L2 8GW
A large white horse sculpture, made from milk containers.

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A stunning sculpture celebrating the horse power behind Liverpool's and England's historic waterways is the latest to adorn The Liverpool Plinth since Thursday 15 July.

Liverpool based artist Faith Bebbington is the latest to have her work installed on The Liverpool Plinth, which is the North's answer to London's Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, celebrating and platforming sculptors working in the North of England. Standing on Liverpool Parish Church, the Liverpool Plinth is supported by Liverpool BID Company and dot-art and overlooks the city's famous Pier Head and River Mersey and has hosted a new sculpture, each for 12 months, since 2018.

The winning 2021 sculpture, entitled Jimmy – named after a working horse the artist rode as a child – depicts a horse, once a common site along Liverpool's waterways and canal sides. He overlooks the Leeds to Liverpool Canal at the Pier Head which opened to boats in April 2009 after a £22m extension which took the canal past the city's historic waterfront.

Working horses would tow narrow boats along Britain's canals, and from 1740 were one of the main forms of transportation for goods across the country. In Liverpool, they would help transport produce and goods arriving at the city's docks and up the canal to Manchester and the North of England.

Jimmy has a coat made of recycled plastic milk bottles and with a steel, willow and wire inner framework. The sculpture is inspired by a previous commission by Faith Bebbington from the Canal and River Trust for Ellesmere Port National Waterways Museum.

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Season (1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023)

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