AWM Collection Record: ART09633
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ID Number: | ART09633 |
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| Title: | Evacuation | ||
| Maker: | Anderson, Wallace; Gregory, E J | ||
| Object type: | Sculpture | ||
| Place made: | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne; Australia: Victoria, Melbourne (Place cast) | ||
| Date made: | 1925 (Date made - clay); 1926 (Date cast - plaster); 1927 (Date cast - bronze) | ||
| Physical description: | bronze | ||
| Measurements: | 82.2 cm x 50.1 cm x 37.5 cm | ||
| Summary: | The first sculpture acquired for the Memorial's art collection. The figure represents the ideal Australian soldier at Gallipoli, leaning against a broken gun carriage, with his foot placed on a Turkish flag. Clay version made in 1925, plaster made in 1926 and purchased by the Memorial, then cast into bronze in Melbourne in 1927. | ||
| Copyright: | AWM copyright | ||
| Related subject: | Flags; Vehicle crashes and wrecks; War damage | ||
| Related unit: | 1st Australian Imperial Force; Anzac Corps | ||
| Related place: | Ottoman Empire: Turkey; Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Gallipoli | ||
| Related conflict: | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Last-Modified: Sun, 17 May 2009 17:36:06 GMT
