Newcastle, Hancock Museum, 'Black Rhinoceros'

HER Number:
11031

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Hancock Museum, 'Black Rhinoceros'

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

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:
1991 by Christine Hill. Concrete with laquer coating. Inscribed plaque nearby reads: "THE BLACK RHINOCEROS BY CHRISTINE HILL. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES LTD MAKERS OF RHINOFLOOR AND THE MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES COMMISSION HELPED US PUT UP THIS SCULPTURE AS A REMINDER THAT THE RHINO, ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT ANIMALS IS THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION BY THE GREED OF MANKIND. 1991".

Easting:
2488

Northing:
6514

Grid Reference:
NZ24886514

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, pp 102-3