Pope's Urn, Steel sculpture at Champion's Wharf, Twickenham, England.
Pope's Urn is a corten steel sculpture mounted on a pedestal at Champion's Wharf, on the bank of the Thames in Twickenham, London. Wooden benches are arranged around it in a semicircle, facing the river.
The sculpture was put up in 2015 to honor Alexander Pope, the 18th-century poet who spent around 25 years living in Twickenham. During that time he created a garden there that became known well beyond England.
The benches around the urn carry engraved quotes from Alexander Pope's writings, which visitors can read while sitting by the river. Lines such as "To err is human, to forgive divine" appear alongside other verses drawn from his work.
The sculpture stands in a freely accessible spot along the Thames Path and is easy to reach on foot. It works well as a short stop during a riverside walk through Twickenham.
The corten steel form reproduces a lost urn that Pope himself designed in the 18th century for a friend's garden at Hagley Hall in Worcestershire. That original piece disappeared over time, making this reproduction the only way to see what it once looked like.
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