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Walrus

  • Andrew Burton
  • Mowbray Park
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There is an apocryphal story that Lewis Carroll wrote The Walrus after seeing a stuffed walrus in the lobby of Sunderland Museum. The dates make this impossible, although he is thought to have written Jabberwocky while staying in nearby Whitburn. The story however was the inspiration for the waterside sculpture of a walrus commissioned from Andrew Burton.

How does this art make you feel?
It's the first thing the little 'uns go for. They like it. They understand what it is. Try explaining modern art to kiddies! It's alright. The bairns like it. I like it. He looks like he's just resting there happily. As though he belongs there.