Historical information
Biography of Charles F. Summers, sculptor of the Statues in the Pavilion, Ballarat Botanical Gardens. How they came to be classical statues through the influence of his father who was a sculptor and his studies in Rome.
Significance
Link between Summers' famous Melbourne statue and studies in Italy and sculptor Benzoni with his works presently housed in the Pavilion, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Physical description
01 Photocopy with coloured photo, top right corner. 02 Newspaper article, no date, very likely from the Courier Ballarat. 03 one almost illegible handwritten sheet with advertisements in colour, left hand side of page.
Subjects
- sculptors,
- pavilion,
- charles francis summers,
- ballarat botanical gardens pavilion,
- statues in the ballarat botanical gardens. "flight of pompei,
- "modesty",
- "ruth",
- "rebecca",
- "suzanne". "burke and wills" statuemelbourne.,
- australian sculptor,
- john garner collection,
- garner,
- dr,
- ballarat botanical gardens,
- gardens,
- ballarat,
- statues
References
- 01 Australian Dictionary of Biography- online edition, 01 one page