Talk:Statue of John Bunyan, Bedford

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Other statues[edit]

High Holborn, Baptist Church House, Southampton Row, WC1
Rylands Library
Bunhill Fields, 1661

Wanted texts[edit]

Austen Kennedy De Blois (1928). John Bunyan, the Man. Judson Press. p. 256.
The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 20; Issue 83, 1874, pp 323-324 ++/--
The British Almanac - Volume 47 - Page 168
The Galaxy, Volume 18, William Conant Church and F.P. Church, 1874, p 602

Additional info[edit]

According to Arthur Mee, the statue was cast with bronze from old Chinese guns and bells.^[1]

^ Arthur Mee (January 1951) [April 1939]. The Counties of Bedford and Huntingdon. p. 120. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[1] Arthur Mee (January 1951) [April 1939]. The Counties of Bedford and Huntingdon. p. 120. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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