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University of Sydney: Carving the Gargoyles
This black and white photograph held by the State Library of New South Wales dates from c.1859. Taken by John Smith during the construction of The University of Sydney, it depicts stone masons at work carving the gargoyles. This is taking place…
Viking Statue at Miss Maud's
An image of the giant Viking head statue located outside Miss Maud's Swedish restaurant and bakehouse on Fitzgerald Street in Perth, WA.
The figure has a long, bushy beard and is wearing a horned helmet. It appears to be made of limestone.
The figure has a long, bushy beard and is wearing a horned helmet. It appears to be made of limestone.
Viking Statue, Miss Maud's
An image of the giant Viking head statue located outside Miss Maud's Swedish restaurant and bakehouse on Fitzgerald Street in Perth, WA.
The figure has a long, bushy beard and is wearing a horned helmet. It appears to be made of limestone.…
The figure has a long, bushy beard and is wearing a horned helmet. It appears to be made of limestone.…
Tags: bakehouse, bakery, dining, eating, figure, figures, Fitzgerald Street, food, helmet, horned helmet, hotel, limestone, Miss Maud, Perth, restaurant, Scandinavia, sculpture, statue, statues, Sweden, Swedish, viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia
Virgin of the Offering
This work by French sculptor Émile-Antoine Bourdelle was gifted to the Art Gallery of South Australia by William Bowmore AO OBE, through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation in 1994. It is a 2.5m tall bronze sculpture of the Virgin…
West front, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Mullewa
The church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul is in the small rural Western Australian town of Mullewa. The church was built between 1920 and 1927 to the design of Monsignor John Cyril Hawes, who was the priest at Mullewa. His design for…
Tags: Arles, bas-relief, bell tower, Byzantine, campanile, Catholic, Church, column, dome, John Cyril Hawes, Monsignor Hawes, Mt Carmel, Mullewa, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Romanesque, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, sculpture, semi-circular arch, St Paul, St Peter, St. Paul, St. Peter, WA, west front, Western Australia