Lion

Created by Francis (Frank) Wiles

Object class: sculpture

Object type: war memorial

Material: stone - granite

Technique: carved

Description: World War I memorial

Inscriptions
TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
Technique: carved

Notes: First erected in 1927 on the south side of Newcastle Co. Down. After World War II was relocated to centre of town. Designed by Lady Mabel Annesley, who also covered the cost of carving by Wiles.

Citing this record

'Lion', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib3_1265280696, accessed 03 Jun 2023]