Thousands of public sculptures put online for first time

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Thousands of public sculptures put online for first time
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Charity Art UK took 140,000 photographs of works by artists such as Antony Gormley and Henry Moore.

Winning Shot by Christine Charlesworth in Woking, Surrey, depicts Paralympian and TV presenter Ade AdepitanOut of Order by David Mach, a dozen iconic red telephone boxes falling on to each other, was installed in 1989 in Kingston upon Thames

Just over 2,600 of the public sculptures depict or commemorate named people with more than 460 of those being of royalty.The Bee Gees by Andy Edwards is in Douglas, Isle of Man, the Gibb brothers birthplaceEarthbound: Plant in Downing Street, Cambridge is one of many works by Anthony Gormely in the collection

But Art UK found just 17% of the sculptures that depict or commemorate named people were dedicated to women, with 5.5% to both men and women and the rest to men.Eat for England, in Seaton Valley, Northumberland, was put in a place where food is produced by artist Bob BuddEve in Harlow, Essex, is by Auguste Rodin who is best known for The Thinker

As well as sculptures, the collection also includes water troughs, drinking fountains, clock towers, tombstones and obelisks.British resistance agent during World War Two Noor Inayat Khan was depicted by Karen Newman in Gordon Square, BloomsburySHIP by Anna Gillespie is in Halfmoon Bay, Heysham, Lancashire and celebrates Morcombe Bay's maritime heritage

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