Eagle

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Accession Number ART93043
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 30.0 x 30.0 x 18.0 cm
Object type Sculpture
Physical description Sandstone (Wondabyne)
Maker Bowles, Leslie
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1940-41
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This gargoyle depicts the face of an eagle. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model created in c. 1939 by sculptor William Leslie Bowles.

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