Explore the Description of this artwork, Statue of Robert Stephenson.
The 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) high bronze statue portrays Stephenson standing casually, bareheaded, with his right leg slightly forward, in contemporary Victorian dress of frock coat and trousers.  He has a partially unrolled document in his right hand, and the left hand rests on his hip.  The red Aberdeen granite plinth bears the inscription ROBERT STEPHENSON/ BORN/ OCTOBER 16TH 1803/ DIED OCTOBER 12TH 1859.
bronze Victorian dress frock coat