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Image: Sitting on History (1995) by Bill Woodrow, British Library, London, UK - 20061031

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Description: The sculpture Sitting on History (1995) by Bill Woodrow, located in the Entrance Hall of the British Library in London, England, UK. The work, with its ball and chain, refers to the book as the captor of information from which we cannot escape. (The bust at the top left of the photograph is of Colin St John Wilson by Celia Scott (1998), which was a gift from The American Trust for the British Library.)
Title: English: Sitting on History.
Credit: Own work; photographed by Senra (John McCullough) on 31 October 2006, 15:45.
Author: Bill Woodrow
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
License: CC BY 3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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