Read on for some good news.
A thought occurred to me. That somewhere, in an abandoned shed, a barn, or maybe in somebody’s back garden, is the missing statue of Mercury that once stood proudly on Sheffield Lyceum Theatre’s dome. It was thought to have been removed in the 1930s and disappeared.
In 1990, a replica was made, and erected as part of the Lyceum’s restoration. This was made by Wendy Wallin, around 12-foot-tall, and was made using fibreglass with a layer of paint on the outside containing copper flakes.
Alas, its inner steel framework had started to corrode, and last year was also removed.
After carefully crafted repairs, Mercury has been hauled back into place, and as this new photo shows, ‘Freddie’ as he is nicknamed, is back at his vantage point overlooking Tudor Square and the city.
By the way, Mercury is the Roman God of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divination), travellers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves; he also served as the guide of the underworld and the ‘messenger of the gods’.
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