Title
Image of plaster cast of the sculpture 'Phoebus driving the horses of the sun' 1912-24 by Bertram Mackennal for Australia House, London
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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London
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England
- Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- copy print of a gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
- 29.4 x 22.0 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
- ARC354.2.1
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Unknown
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About
In 1912 Bertram Mackennal was appointed to a committee to oversee plans for the new Australia House in the Strand, London. He and fellow sculptor, Harold Parker, were commissioned to create exterior sculptures for the building. Mackennal's work, 'Phoebus driving the horses of the sun' was deferred during World War One, and finally installed on the pediment of Australia House in 1924.
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Places
Where the work was made
London