Heaven's Above

This stone carving of George Loveless, the leader of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, sits outside the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum, Tolpuddle, Dorset,... more

by Wendy Wilton

Title

Heaven's Above

Artist

Wendy Wilton

Medium

Photograph

Description

This stone carving of George Loveless, the leader of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, sits outside the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum, Tolpuddle, Dorset, England.

In the 1830's, a time when trade unions were not legal, six men founded the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers to protest against the gradual lowering of agricultural wages.
George was one of six Dorset labourers arrested for and convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the society. Friendly Societies had strong elements of what are now considered to be the predominant role of trade unions.

When sentenced to seven years' transportation to Australia, George wrote the following lines on a scrap of paper :-

God is our guide! from field, from wave,
From plough, from anvil, and from loom;
We come, our country's rights to save,
And speak a tyrant faction's doom:
We raise the watch-word liberty;
We will, we will, we will be free!

Achievements

3rd Place ( Joint ) in the Small Detail Of A Sculpture In The UK Contest - May, 2023

Featured in the

Lady Photographers And Artists Group
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Coastal Counties Of Southern England UK Group
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Anything Architecture, Buildings Or Bridges Group
Greatest Of All Time Group
Minimalism Group
Premium FAA Artists Group
Out Of The Ordinary Group
Industrial Art group

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April 4th, 2012