Historical information
Thomas Stoddart, 1828 - 1905, bought 12 white marble statues during a visit to Italy. Stoddart arranged for them to be shipped to Victoria and placed on pedestals of Sicilian marble and on bases of Victorian granite. These statues were unveiled in the gardens on Queen Victoria's birthday, 24th May, 1884. His intention was for the statues to adorn and add interest to the gardens. The figure of Autumn is holding a bunch of grapes symbolic of the vintage.
Significance
The artwork is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of Ballarat
Physical description
White marble figure of a man holding a bunch of grapes
Inscriptions & markings
Autumn by Angelo Bertozzi
Subjects
References
- Ballarat Botanical Gardens - Statues
- https://fbbg.org.au/uploads/images/pdfs/trifold.pdf Brochure detailing the Stoddard Statue donation in 1884
