Artist George Blackall Simonds Created 1875 | Phone +1 212-639-9675 Year 1871 (installed 1875) | |
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Location Central Park, New York City Address W 72nd St, New York, NY 10019, USA Hours Open today · 6AM–1AMSunday6AM–1AMMonday6AM–1AMTuesday6AM–1AMWednesday6AM–1AMThursday6AM–1AMFriday6AM–1AMSaturday6AM–1AMSuggest an edit Similar Sir Walter Scott, Daniel Webster, 107th Infantry Memorial, Romeo and Juliet, Christopher Columbus | ||
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The Falconer is a bronze sculpture in Central Park, New York City by English sculptor George Blackall Simonds. It depicts a man in a theatrical version of Elizabethan dress standing on a high granite pedestal, releasing a hunting falcon.
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The Falconer, cast in 1871 in Florence, was erected in 1875 on a prominent rock overlooking the confluence of Terrace Drive and another carriage drive near the West 72nd Street drive entrance. The growth of surrounding trees has partly obscured the site. The sculpture has a history of being vandalized. The original falcon was stolen, and in the 1960s the New York City Parks Department commissioned their employee and sculptor, Joel Rudnick, to mold a new falcon which now sits on The Falconer's arm. This new falcon is substantially different from the original falcon.