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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…

Tags: Ã‰mile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929), Alsace, bronze, Christ, Christianity, Gothic, infant Jesus, Jesus, Madonna, Mary, model, Niederbruck, religious sculpture, Romanesque, SA, sculpture, South Australia, virgin, virgin and child

Morgan Le Fay

This watercolour by Australian artist Christian Waller was gifted to the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 1933 by the Women’s Association. It depicts a woman in medieval dress whom the title identifies as Morgan Le Fay. Morgan Le Fay is a…

Jack and the Beanstalk, East Devonport

One of three photographs of a house in East Devonport built in the Gothic Revival architectural style. Gothic features of the house include the arched windows and steeped pitch of the roof. This photograph shows a boy, presumably Jack, climbing a…

Tags: arched windows, architecture, domestic, domestic architecture, East Devonport, fairy tale, fairy-tale, folklore, folktale, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Jack and the Beanstalk, Tas, Tasmania

St Peterâ€™s East Window, SCEGGS Great Hall, Darlinghurst, Sydney

An image of the East Window in the Great Hall at Sydney Girls Grammar School (SGEGGS) in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The window was originally installed in St Peterâ€™s church in 1867, but the church has since been incorporated into the School Hall.…

Former Magistrateâ€™s Court Building, Melbourne

An image of the Former Magistrateâ€™s Court Building on the corner of La Trobe Street and Russell Street in Melbourneâ€™s CBD. The Former Magistrateâ€™s Court building was designed by Department of Public Works architect George H B…

Corpus Christi at Manly

A photograph taken by photographer Ted Hood of the crowd gathered at the Corpus Christi Mass in Manly, New South Wales, in 1934. The group of veiled women in white dress most likely represent the Legion of Mary, an association of Catholic laity who…

Entrance to Kryal Castle, Ballarat

An image of the entrance to Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, entertainment, functions, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, moat, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Upper vestibule window, â€˜Narrapumelap,â€™ Wickliffe, Victoria

An image of a stained glass window at the Narrapumelap homestead in Wickliffe, Victoria. The panelâ€™s outer edge is framed by an eye-catching â€˜floral-rodâ€™ pattern in spiral form. The window is divided into three segments (l, m, r)…

Tags: baronial window, Ferguson & Urie, floral-rod pattern, homestead, initials, John Dixon Wyselaskie, leaf and flower head design, medieval design, Narrapumelap homestead, roses, stained glass, Vic, Victoria, Wickliffe, window

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