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Charles Bell Birch

(England 1832–1893)

Title
Retaliation
Year
1878
Media category
Sculpture
Materials used
bronze
Dimensions

253.0cm height

Signature & date
Signed and dated back of base, "C.B.Birch .../ 1878...".
Credit
Purchased 1879
Accession number
3252
Location
19th c European art
Bibliography (5)

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Patricia McDonald (Author), Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the Centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, Sydney, 1979, 39.

Art Journal 1894, 1894, 199.

Art Journal 1879, 1879, 142.

Author Unknown (Author), Sydney International Exhibition: Official catalogue of exhibits, Sydney, 1879, 455. cat. no. 6

The magazine of art 1878, 1878, 140. engraving of the model with the inscription "The eyrie reached, with eager grasp/ He seized the callow brood/ And, reckless of maternal wrath/ The fierce assault withstood."

Exhibition history (2)

Sydney International Exhibition (1879-80), The Garden Palace, 17 Sep 1879–20 Apr 1880.

Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the Centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, 24 Sep 1979–24 Nov 1979.