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Charles Francis Summers & Professor Benzoni - Flight From Pompeii

Pavilion & Associated Statuary

Botanic Gardens, BALLARAT VIC 3350 - Property No B7190

The Pavilion and its statues were unveiled in 1888 by Premier Duncan Gillies, a former colleague of James Russell Thompson whose bequest to the City enabled the purchase, in Italy, of the statues. The Flight from Pompeii and the four accompanying statues are housed in the Statuary Pavilion in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. The Flight from Pompeii, in the centre, was designed by Professor Carlo Benzoni and carved by Charles Francis Summers while the four accompanying statues were ... more

B7190

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