Bringing up the guns Accession Number: ART90405

Description

A bronze panel depicting members of a gun crew pushing and pulling an 18 pounder gun up a slight incline. This work is taken from an 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. The work was cast in bronze in 1995 and was installed in the Western Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial sculpture garden.

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Accession Number
ART90405
Cast by
Meridian Sculpture Founders
Artist
May Butler-George
Classification
Art
Object Type
Sculpture
Physical Description
Medium: bronze
Measurement
Overall: 60 cm x 154 cm x 3 cm
Medium
bronze, green patina
Date Made
plaster: c.1919-1924
Place Made
Gallery location
Main Bld: Outdoor Exhibition Area, Western Precinct
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1996
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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