Although They Are Easy to Miss, a Series of Small Lion Heads Carved From Stone Can Be Seen on the Cornice That Runs Along the Top of the Worcester Art Museum’s Exterior (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on June 30, 2017)
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Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Posted: May 5, 2022 in Architectural Details, Faces, Gargoyles and Grotesques, Lions, Museums, Stone CarvingsTags: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Posted: February 24, 2022 in Dogs, Museums, Sculptures, StatuaryTags: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
A Pre-Columbian Ceramic Sculpture of a Pot-Belly Dog From Ancient Mexico Seen on Display at the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 6, 2020)
Sister Crows Native American Museum and Store, North Conway, NH
Posted: January 18, 2022 in Bears, Museums, Sculptures, Statuary, Wood CarvingsTags: North Conway NH, Sister Crowd Native American Museum and Store, White Mountain Highway
A Wooden Bear Cub Climbs a Dead Tree Outside Sister Crows Native American Museum and Store on White Mountain Highway in Downtown North Conway, New Hampshire (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 7, 2018)
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Posted: November 11, 2021 in Architectural Details, Churches, Gargoyles and Grotesques, Lions, Monsters, Museums, Sculptures, Sea Creatures, Stone CarvingsTags: 12th Century Carved Capital, Notre-Dame de Montermoyen Bourges France, Worcester Art Museum
This Early 12th Century Carved Stone Capital From a Column of the Notre-Dame de Montermoyen in Bourges, France (On Display at the Worcester Art Museum) Depicts Human Beings Being Devoured Alive by Various Monsters and Beasts Including Two Very Hungry Lions (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on April 13, 2015)
Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT
Posted: August 8, 2021 in Dogs, Museums, Sculptures, StatuaryTags: Bennington Museum, Bennington Vermont
One of Two Nearly Identical Dalmatian Dog Statues That Stand Sentry Near the Front Entrance of the Bennington Museum on Main Street in Bennington, VT (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 12, 2017)
New England Pirate Museum, Salem, MA
Posted: July 23, 2021 in Mannequins, Museums, Pirates, Sculptures, StatuaryTags: Derby Street Salem MA, New England Pirate Museum
A Dashing Buccaneer Stands With One Foot on a Barrel of Rum and a Cutlass Gripped in His Hand in Front of the New England Pirate Museum on Derby Street in Salem, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on July 11, 2019)
Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT
Posted: July 9, 2021 in Busts, Museums, Sculptures, Statuary, Stone CarvingsTags: Bennington Museum, Bennington Vermont, Portrait of Zalova, Sculptor Simon Moselsio
A Close-Up of a Black Marble Bust of a Woman Entitled “Portrait of Zalova” by the Sculptor Simon Moselsio Seen on Display at the Bennington Museum in Bennington, VT (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 1, 2019)
Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT
Posted: June 19, 2021 in Moose, Museums, Sculptures, StatuaryTags: Bennington Museum, Bennington Vermont
A Black Fiberglass Moose Found Roaming on the Grounds of the Bennington Museum in Bennington, VT (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 22, 2019)
Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT
Posted: June 9, 2021 in Babies, Children, Museums, Sculptures, Statuary, Stone CarvingsTags: Bennington Museum, Bennington Vermont, Sculptor William H. Rinehart
A Pair of Sleeping Children Carved in Marble by Sculptor William H. Rinehart in 1875 Seen on Display in the Bennington Museum at Bennington, VT (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 11, 2019)