Architecture
Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
A Proposal for an Obelisk / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sterling, Annet., 1993
Item
Identifier: CC-11094-11309
Scope and Contents
This card proposes an object "suited to a Situation commanding an extensive Prospect" to be viewed from within William Shenstone's (18th century) The Leasowes garden. It is an obelisk that mocks a commission by Sadam Hussein for the Iraq super-gun from parts inadvertently forged by Walter Somers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1993