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Rolleston Statue
The ''Rolleston Statue'' is a white marble statue situated outside Canterbury Museum on Rolleston Avenue in Christchurch, New Zealand. It commemorates William Rolleston, who was Superintendent of the Canterbury Province from 1868 until 1877. The statue was unveiled on 26 May 1906 by Sir John Hall KCMG, Mayor of Christchurch and personal friend, who writes the "City Council arrived in carriages to Statue". The Rolleston Statue fell off its plinth in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake but was repaired in 2016. History Rolleston was the fourth and last Canterbury Superintendent. He was also a Member of Parliament, from 1868 to 1899 with two breaks in the later years. Rolleston died in 1903. Rolleston was the politician who had been instrumental in the establishment of the Canterbury Museum and the Canterbury College, which now houses the Arts Centre. It was thus seen as appropriate to place the statue outside the museum, with Rolleston looking across Antigua Street (with this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Hampton
Herbert Hampton (1862 – 11 February 1929) was an English sculptor, artist, and creator of public memorials, who was active between 1888 and 1927. Life Hampton was born at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, and died in Great Bardfield, Essex in 1929. After education at Bishop's Stortford College, he studied art at the Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff School of Art, the Lambeth, the Westminster School of Art, Westminster, the Slade School of Art, Slade and then the Académies Académie Julien, Julien and Académie Colarossi, Colarossi in Paris. His legacy was a collection of public memorials across the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Works The Queen Victoria Memorial, Lancaster, Queen Victoria Monument in Lancaster, displays a sculpture of the queen guarded by four monumental lions, beneath them are four allegories to freedom, wisdom, truth and justice complete with a generous collection of putti; and four bas-relief friezes of fifty-three eminent Victorians, two of whom were women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
