Rock Drill (reconstruction after the original) Jacob Epstein (1880–1959) reproduction by Ann Christopher (b.1947) and Ken Cook (b.1944) - eviltoast

More detail on the original here and the reproduction here

Main photo credit: Birmingham Museums Trust.

  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Wow, I’ve only ever seen the torso and a bit of an arm. Always loved how futuristic this looked - for something that’s now over 100 years old, I always felt it looked like a great Sci-Fi robot.

    • GreyShuck@feddit.ukOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You are not alone in thinking that. As the other comment recognised, this seems to have been an inspiration for both General Grevious and the battledroids in the Star Wars movies.