Grey Reef Shark Sculpture

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Statutory Address: The Deep, Tower Street, Hull, HU1 4DP

Coordinates: 53°44’19″N 0°19’46″W

Figure 1: Megan Seeney, Grey Reef Shark sculpture, The Deep, Hull, with the tidal barrier in the background, 2023, digital photograph.
Figure 2: Megan Seeney, Grey Reef Shark sculpture, The Deep, Hull, 2023, digital photograph.
Figure 3: Megan Seeney, Close-up of the information plaque on the Grey Reef Shark sculpture, The Deep, Hull, 2023, digital photograph.

Description of Location –

The sculpture is located at the south end of The Deep’s carpark, facing out into the river Humber.

Figure 4: Megan Seeney, “Grey Reef Shark”, JPEG map, Scale 1:2000, Open Street Map, December 2023, ArcGIS, created 15 January 2024.

Details –

Erected: Unknown

Listed: Not listed

Monument Type: Art sculpture

Associated Site(s): Not applicable

Inscription(s): “The Grey Reef Shark. Carcharhinus Amblyrhynchos. One of the family of Requiem sharks (Red Sea to Central Western Pacific). 1 ½ times actual adult size. The Deep.”

Description: A large metal sculpture of a shark, supported above a rock plinth by two metal rods, as so the shark appears to be swimming along the bottom of the sea. Comissioned for the visitor attraction, The Deep, from Christopher Kelly.

Additional Resources –

“Shark at The Deep,” Art UK, accessed 1 January 2024, https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/shark-at-the-deep-322978.

“The Grey Reef Shark,” Statues – Hither & Thither, accessed 1 January 2024, https://statues.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?webpage=ST&record=gbyh030.

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