Sculptor:
Ernest Gillick
(1874-1951).
Designed by
Sir J J Burnet
and Norman Dick
Location: George Square, Glasgow.
Date executed: 1921-4.
The Cenotaph is the official memorial to the city's dead in both World Wars.
Its design incorporates a colossal truncated obelisk carved with a figure
of St Mungo, a 'great stone' sarcophagus and two recumbant lions. The
granite was supplied by Scott and Rae and carved by Ernest Gillick.
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