(Click on the photos to see more pictures of Help at the Flickr site)
F.E. McWilliam was one of the finest sculptors to come from Northern Ireland in the 20th century. This piece was commissioned by the Harlow Arts Trust in 1977 and shows two women from Northern Ireland holding a sign that just says help. I can't decide whether they're pushing it forwards or banging their heads against it in frustration. For me, it's one of the more striking of the sculptures to be found in Harlow, and one of the few that could be construed as being overtly political. Perhaps as a consequence it's tucked away, off the beaten track, in the Old Harlow part of town.
Number 46 on the Harlow Sculpture Trail (number 37 on the previous version)
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