{"id":435813,"date":"2026-02-20T08:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/435813\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:56:08","slug":"birminghams-bullring-bull-sketches-found-under-sculptors-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/435813\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham&#8217;s Bullring bull sketches found under sculptor&#8217;s bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A discovery of original sketches for one of Birmingham&#8217;s most recognisable public sculptures is set to be auctioned after being found tucked away under a bed in a Cambridgeshire home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The portfolio of drawings were the working designs for the 4.5m long giant bronze bull outside the Bullring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The collection was revealed by family at the home of sculptor Laurence Broderick, who died in April 2024, aged 88. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stephen Drake from Batemans Auctioneers said he was visiting to assess other related works, and it was a &#8220;fantastic moment&#8221; when the portfolio was &#8220;pulled from under the bed&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A discovery of original sketches for one of Birmingham&#8217;s most recognisable public sculptures is set to be auctioned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-435813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}