AWM Collection Record: ART90084
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ID Number: | ART90084 |
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| Title: | Bringing up the guns | ||
| Maker: | Butler-George, May | ||
| Object type: | Sculpture | ||
| Place made: | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne | ||
| Date made: | 1923 | ||
| Physical description: | plaster with green paint | ||
| Measurements: | 62 x 153.5 x 4 cm | ||
| Summary: | This is the original plaster cast of one of four bronze bas-relief panels commissioned from Butler-George for the base of the pedestal of the Second Division AIF Memorial at Mont St Quentin, France in 1918. It depicts members of a gun crew pushing and pulling an 18 pounder gun up a slight incline. A bronze version of the panel, cast in 1996, is installed in the Western Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial sculpture garden. | ||
| Copyright: | AWM Licensed copyright | ||
| Related subject: | Artillery; Men; Sculpture; Soldiers | ||
| Related unit: | Artillery units | ||
| Related place: | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne; France; France: Picardie, Somme, Mont St Quentin | ||
| Related conflict: | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Last-Modified: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:53:41 GMT
