Black Swan Memorial Drinking Fountain 1974

EWERS, Raymond B.

Registration number

1086579

Artist/maker

EWERS, Raymond B.

Title

Black Swan Memorial Drinking Fountain

Production date

1974

Medium

bluestone, bronze

Dimensions (H x W x D)

76 x 46 x 46 cm

Inscriptions

Plaque: In memory of Cookie / the black swan, / who lived in these gardens / from 1967-1973

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Cookie, swans, Raymond B. Ewers, Bluestone drinking fountain with bronze plaque, 1974, Boathouse Dr, Yarra River

Summary

Location: Alexandra Gardens, Flinders Park, Jeffreys Parade Also known as Cookie Memorial Drinking Fountain. This cube-shaped, bluestone drinking fountain produced in diagonally cut stone features a bronze plaque with a raised image of Cookie (a black swan) and dedicatory inscription. Raymond Ewers was born in Wyalong, NSW, and studied sculpture at RMIT, Melbourne. In 1974 he produced this fountain in memory of a black swan named Cookie, which frequented the Alexandra Gardens for many years and was well known to the public and accidentally killed on 16th May, 1972.