Halifax Memorial Tower Lions

This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library

  • Reference
    • GB 115 RCS/Y3064B
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1913
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • .01 cubic metre(s) 1 archival box containing 3 framed images photograph

Scope and Content

Framed, hand coloured photographs each 275 x 190 mm in frames 380 x 290 mm.
In April 1912, Sir Sandford Fleming, who had given the ground on which the tower was built, suggested that the Royal Colonial Institute might contribute two lions to flank the base of the tower. This proposal was approved by the Institute's Council on 18 June and subscriptions were invited. Two bronze lions, each 10 feet in length, were designed on the general model of those at the base of Nelson's column by Mr. P Bentham under the supervision of Mr. A. Bruce-Joy, and cast by George Broad and Son. They were presented in 1913.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Presented in 1948.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Good condition, save that Y3064B/3 is unglazed.

Related Material

For an account of the Halifax Memorial Tower see Y3064A.

Bibliography

For further details see the RCS Archives and: United Empire: journal of the Royal Colonial Institute (1912), III, pp. 747-8, and (1913), IV, p. 308.

Additional Information

This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue.

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