From their lofty position, more than a dozen figures from Ancient Greece appear in deep discussion and contemplation about equally lofty matters.
A perhaps unlikely Lancashire representation of the “School of Athens” mural that is painted in The Vatican, the statue family is visible enough from the ground - but it is only when you get within touching distance that you can appreciate the granular detail of their facial features.
That is a privilege afforded only to those experts who clean the sculptures every few decades - a process most recently completed as part of the ongoing facelift that is being given to the building.
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Lancashire Post photographer Dan Martino scaled the heights of the scaffolding to see the handiwork of the renovators - and the sculptors whose creations they have brought back to their best.
17. Harris Museum statues
The statues are a representation of the "School of Athens " mural that was painted in the Vatican in the early 1500s Photo: Daniel Martino
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New netting should keep the staues free from the pigeons that have plagued them in the past Photo: Daniel Martino
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Thucydides reclines at the angle of the pediment, meditating upon history yet to be written Photo: Daniel Martino
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Site manager Dave Ragan, from Conlon Construction, needed a head for heights to oversee the "once in a geberation" cleaning of the Harris Museum statues Photo: Daniel Martino