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Diana, before 1912, by William F. C. Ohly and Ernest Ohly
Relief carving of the goddess Diana sitting side-saddle on a rearing horse. Bare-chested, she wears a sarong and a fluted cape that appears like wings behind her. She holds a bird (possibly an eagle) on one hand and rests her other hand on the…
St Francis, maquette for fountain; later known as Bronzefigur eines Franziskanermönches (Bronze figure of a Franciscan monk), c. 1927, by William F. C. Ohly
Bronze, brown patinated; marked W. Ohly on the side of the base; H. 29.8 cm. Maquette for a fountain statue in Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim cemetery, depicting a full-length figure of St Francis with his arms outstretched.
Diana, 1930, by William F. C. Ohly
A solid bronze cast of a female figure with a bow in her right arm, riding a horse that is standing on a textured naturalistic base representing the ground. 58.42 cm high by 54.61 cm deep. Signed with initials and dated 1930 underneath.
Gänsereiterbrunnen, Essen (Goose rider fountain, Essen), 1913, by William F. C. Ohly
Fountain with spherical stone element, surrounded by four dolphins from whose mouths water spills into an upper bowl that in turn connects with a lower bowl below. A series of small Art Nouveau masks adorn the lower bowl.
Relief, Hauptportal Friedhofshalle Friesenheim (Reliefs, main portal, Friesenheim cemetery hall), c. 1926–27, by William F. C. Ohly
Stone relief carvings for either side of the main portal of the cemetery chapel, depicting a classically-robed man in a ploughed field, on one side sowing seed and on the other side reaping the harvest with a small scythe. Above him are symbols of a…
St. Franziskusbrunnen, Friedhof Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim (St Francis fountain, Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim cemetery), 1927, by William F. C. Ohly
Fountain comprising a full-length figure in bronze of St Francis, arms outstretched, standing on a bronze orb with birds at his feet, set within a stone bowl.
Memorial relief for Hall of Honour for those who fell in the First World War, Forst an der Weinstrasse, 1920s, by William F. C. Ohly
Large stone relief sculpture of Christ blessing two kneeling soldiers.
Grünstadt war memorial: Plaque for the fallen, St. Martin's Church, 1927, by William F. C. Ohly
Depicts Christ kneeling to support the limp body of a fallen German soldier in a pieta type composition. Christ notably has ringlets either side of his face, akin to Orthodox Jewish payots.
Details of Lotte Reiniger's hands drawing in white pencil on black paper the head of a boy in feathered cap, c. 1952-63
The hands of shadow-puppet-maker and animator Lotte Reiniger are seen drawing in white pencil on black paper the head of a boy in feathered cap. Reiniger works at a table, outdoors in the garden, at the Abbey Art Centre, New Barnet.