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Iron Baby

Antony Gormley

1999

'Bloom' kinetic sculpture by Studio Roso

Studio Roso

2019

Figure group: 'The Toothdrawer', Berlin, 1870-1880

Dentistry

1870-1880

'Self-Conscious Gene' sculpture by Marc Quinn

Marc Quinn

2019

'Santa Medicina' sculpture by Eleanor Crook

Eleanor Crook

2019

Stone sculpture of R J Mitchell

Stephen Kettle

2005

Materials House

Thomas Heatherwick

1999

Mural panels illustrating Medieval Agriculture

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

3D printed sculpture, The Horse Marionette

Antenna

2011

Serial sculpture of bird flight

Aeronautics

1992

RAMC bearers carry wounded soldier

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1914-1968

Outside Myself II

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

2000

'Arion' sculpture in acrylic and polyamide

Plastics and Modern Materials

1972

Coal sculpture by Alan Brough

Coal Mining

1926

Plaster plaque showing bone setting in calf

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1977

Plaster plaque showing bone setting in foot

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1977

Plaster plaque showing the setting of a shoulder

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1977

'Imaginary Beings' 3D printed sculpture

Computing & Data Processing

2012

Small horn disk with partial sculpture

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

'Air', a woven stainless steel sculpture, from the Stainless Steel Lines Collection, by Kyoko Kumai, Japan, 1996

Air

Materials Science Gallery

1996

Stone sculpture, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, ex Berry Brow Station, near Huddersfield, stonecarving depicting train emerging from a tunnel, formerly set into station garden, sculpted by J C Stocks.

Stone sculpture from Berry Brow Station

Railway Infrastructure

Plaster plaque showing the setting of a collar bone, sculpted by Jackson from a 13th century French manuscript, English, 1977

Plaster plaque

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1977

`SNAP' Sheet steel sculpture of a folding camera. Based on an Agfa Record II camera c1956. Constructed by Pat Thornton, 1989

`SNAP' Sheet steel sculpture of a folding camera

Photographs

1989

Sculpture of turtle dove in deep red cast phenolic, 20th century.

Sculpture of turtle dove in deep red cast phenolic

Plastics and Modern Materials

1910-1970

Great War painted plaster sculpture of two R.A.M.C. bearers carrying wounded soldier on a bandy chair, unsigned, English, 1914-1968

RAMC bearers carry wounded soldier

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1914-1968

Model of section of the Weaire-Phelan structure which is the most efficient way known of packing bubbles of equal volume. It is a smaller copy of a sculpture at Trinity College Dublin. The research at TCD which led to the formation of this theory, helped inform the design of the 'Water Cube', the National Swimming Centre being constructed in Beijing for the Olympic Games 2008.

Model of section of the Weaire-Phelan structure

Building Construction

Wall relief, steel, 'Freight Business' by Chris Plowman, 1992. The shallow relief depicts aspects of rail freight in silhouette including a wagon, engine, factories, mine shaft headframe (winding tower), rail signals, radio masts, cooling towers and heads in profile. The items are linked together with a series of tracks and arrows. Commissioned by British Rail Trainload Freight for the Headquarters Building, The Angel, London. Approximately 3m x 1.5m.

Freight Business

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1992

'Beehave' beehive sculpture designed by Marlene Huissoud and produced by Benchmark from red oak, 2019. The beehive resembles an animal with four legs supporting a log. A 'lid' at one end can be removed to give access. The surface is carved, scorched and coated with propolis.

Beehave by Marlene Huissoud

Marlene Huissoud

2019

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Medieval agriculture, depicting three Medieval men harvesting with sickles, two cropping and one leaning onto side. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of three Medieval men harvesting with sickles, two cropping and one leaning onto side

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture by Cornelia Parker entitled 'The Negative of Glory', 1999, comprising a mass of shavings of glowing waste metal produced in the process of medal-making.

The Negative of Glory

Cornelia Parker

1999

Painted plaster portrait bust of Professor Frederick Guthrie by H Harvey,1885. It shows Guthrie in contemporary attire of a double-breasted coat with full beard and moustache. The plaster bust sits on a black base and is inscribed 'H Harvey 1885' on the back.

Portrait bust of Professor Frederick Guthrie

Art

1885

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating modern agriculture, depicting a tree and a section of fence with four birds flying around. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of a tree and a section of fence with four birds flying around

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Egyptian agriculture, depicting an Egyptian man holding a whip while supporting ox-driven plough and a boy holding a whip. Created by Ralph Stephenson, 1951.

Egyptian Agriculture, Egyptian man holding a whip while supporting ox-driven plough and a boy holding a whip

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Egyptian agriculture, depicting three Egyptian men, one supporting and two pulling the plough. Created by Ralph Stephenson, 1951

Mural of Egyptian Agriculture, three Egyptian men, one supporting and two pulling the plough

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating modern agriculture, depicting a man in a tractor. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of a man in a tractor

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture. Mural panel illustrating Egyptian agriculture, by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, [1951]. Iron, forged using a unique process; [sight] 8x40 ft. First of a cyclorama frieze of three silhouette scenes of agricultural practice, commissioned for the Science Museum Agriculture Gallery; based on tomb drawings. Parts include digging sticks; man-drawn and ox-drawn ploughs; broadcast of seed

Mural panels illustrating Egyptian Agriculture

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Medieval agriculture, depicting a bird flying with two small component representing the sky. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of a bird flying

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture. Mural panel illustrating modern agriculture, by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, [1951]. Iron, forged using a unique process; [sight] 8x14 ft. Third of a cyclorama frieze of three silhouette scenes of agricultural practice, commissioned for the Science Museum Agriculture Gallery; includes tractor and crop spraying by helicopter.

Mural panels ilistrating Modern Agriculture

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Egyptian agriculture, depicting two Egyptian men leaning and holding digging sticks. Created by Ralph Stephenson.

Mural of Egyptian Agriculture, two men holding digging sticks

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Medieval agriculture, depicting Medieval man standing with a whip folded in the hand. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of Medieval man standing with a whip folded

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Medieval agriculture, depicting a Mediaval man standing with a flail. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of a Mediaval man standing with a flail

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Fibrous plaster sculptural plaque entitled: Monolithic transistor. By Tom Newton. 1984. 340 x 230 mm.

Monolithic Transistor

Tom Newton

1984

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating modern agriculture, depicting Mural of a helicopter spraying crop. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of a helicopter spraying crop

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating modern agriculture, depicting a man in a hat on a ladder, cropping a tree. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of a man in a hat on a ladder, cropping a tree

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Egyptian agriculture, depicting two Egyptian men supporting a man-driven plough while one also carrying a bucket. Created by Ralph Stephenson, 1951.

Mural of Egyptian Agriculture, two Egyptian men supporting a man-driven plough

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture. Piscator (Euston Head) by Eduardo Paolozzi; Ray Watson, Maker. [1980-1990]. Resin on ply; height 7cm x length 11cm x width 4.5cm on ply base 0.6x12x5.5cm. Unsigned. Small scale 'popular' cast version of the larger Piscator open air sculpture commissioned for Euston Station, London.

Piscator (Euston Head)

Eduardo Paolozzi

1980-1990

Sculpture. Piscator (Euston Head), by Eduardo Paolozzi; Ray Watson, Maker. 1980. Bronze, cast dark green-brown patina; height 24cm x length 38cm x width 16.5cm across [9.5"x15"x6.5"]. Weight 8kg (19lb). Not on base. Front end signed [Edition] 5/6 E Paolozzi 1980. A small scale version of the larger Piscator open air sculpture (in cast iron and aluminium finish) commissioned for Euston Station, London. Given by Eduardo Paolozzi to Ray Watson

Piscator (Euston Head)

Eduardo Paolozzi

1980

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Medieval agriculture, depicting a Medieval man with a whip. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of a Medieval man with a whip

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Medieval agriculture, depicting a section of spike-toothed harrow. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of a section of spike-toothed harrow

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951

Sculpture, mural panel illustrating Medieval agriculture, depicting a bird flying. Created by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, 1951.

Mural of a bird flying

Ralph Stephenson Lavers

1951