Bust of Marconi

Bust of Marconi c1996

Registration number

1091150

Title

Bust of Marconi

Production date

c1996

Medium

bronze

Dimensions (H x W x D)

59 x 50 x 34 cm 59cm h x 50cm w x 34cm d 59cm h x 50cm w x 34cm d 59cm h x 50cm w x 34cm d

Credit line

Gift of Committee for the Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Italian Republic and the Regional Government of the Emilia-Romagna, 1996
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Marconi, bust, bronze, Italy

Summary

Guglielmo Marconi is known principally as the inventor of long distance radio transmission. The development of radio transmission was gradual involving a process of numerous incremental improvements. In terms of key dates, on 17 December 1902 a transmission from the Marconi station in Nova Scotia, Canada, became the first radio message to cross the Atlantic from North America. The first wireless overseas messages from Australia were sent from Point Nepean, Victoria, on Marconi Wireless Company equipment. Gift of Committee for the Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Italian Republic and the Regional Government of the Emilia-Romagna, 1996. In 1999 the bust was briefly displayed with the bust of Dante at Argyle Square.