Sculpture of seven white swans in flight, a tribute to Violet Jacob
Submitted by admin on 26 February 2012 - 8:58pm
Revised: 28 March 2012 - 9:56am — Rose
Dedicated to:
Inscription:
Tribute to Violet Jacob
Designed by:
David Annand
Date:
1998
Material:
Bronze
Location:
Roundabout near railway station
Western Road
Montrose
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Additional information:
There are three commemorative Montrose sculptures by David A. Annand, put in place in 1998, and situated beside the bypass road. Two depict skeins of pinkfoot geese in aluminium resin, and are called ‘Far Abune the Angus Straths’, echoing a line from Violet Jacob’s poem ‘The Wild Geese’. The main sculpture, showing seven white bronze swans in flight and banking in formation on the station roundabout, is called ‘Tribute to Violet Jacob’ and may draw its inspiration from her story ‘The Fifty-Eight Wild Swans’.