Hancock Museum, 'Black Rhinoceros'

HER Number

11031

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Hancock Museum, 'Black Rhinoceros'

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Sculpture

Site Type: Specific

Sculpture

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

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

424880

Northing

565140

Grid Reference

NZ424880565140

Sources

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