Newcastle, Sandgate, 'River God'

HER Number:
11005

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Sandgate, 'River God'

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1996 by Andre Wallace. Bronze brown-patinated figure of a male head and torso on top of a steel column. He holds a staff and chain and appears to be blowing at the nearby 'Siren' figure by the same artist. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.

Easting:
2564

Northing:
6401

Grid Reference:
NZ25646401

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 107-8; Art Review Dec/Jan 1997/8, p 8