Title
Image of the figure (model) of ‘Glory’ from the Islington Boer War memorial 1904-05 by Bertram Mackennal
circa 1910
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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London
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England
- Date
- circa 1910
- Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- copy print of a gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 12.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- National Art Archive. Gift of the artist's granddaughter, Pauline Kraay, 2012
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- ARC354.1.2
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Unknown
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About
In 1904 Bertram Mackennal was awarded the commission for a Boer War memorial in the London borough of Islington. Mackennal's figure of 'Glory', cast in bronze, stands on a stone plinth inscribed with the names of the fallen. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of Fife, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London on 15 June 1905.
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Places
Where the work was made
London