Authentic Una Hanbury Bronze Plaque Wall Hanging "North Americans". 8 1/2" x 22" with wire hanger on back. Very heavy 18.5 pounds. From our private collection. It has been carefully stored for about 5 years so it will need a light cleaning. No defects seen. Please review pictures as item has a lot of details. Animals include seals, deer, birds, bison, horse, dog, cat sheep and goose. Inscription- 'All beasts were to her beings to be loved".  Signed in lower right corner. 

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About the artist: Una Hanbury was a sculptor whose work is found at the National Portrait Gallery and other museums and galleries around the world. Miss Hanbury's works, in bronze, cast aluminum, stone, terra cotta and marble, are in more than 500 private and public collections worldwide, including those of the Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian Institution, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, all in Washington, and the Royal Academy in London. Her monumental bronze sculptures and portraits include those of scientist Robert Oppenheimer and artist Georgia O'Keeffe. She became a fixture in the Santa Fe, N.M., arts community after moving there. Una Hanbury was born just outside of London England in 1904. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in London, England, also studied drawing in France at the La Grande Chaumier and L'Academie Julien. She studied animal drawing with painter Frank Calderon, and sculpture with Sir Jacob Epstein and the March brothers. The Yugoslav government commissioned Ms. Hanbury to create a 12-foot marble monolith for permanent exhibition in the Beli Venac Sculpture Park in Arandjelovac, Yugoslavia. She also created a double life-sized bronze memorial portrait of Dato David Sung, which stands in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Una Hanbury's works are on view in museums throughout the world, including the Smithsonian Institute, the National Portrait Gallery and the National Academy of Science in Washington D.C.; the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art in Santa Fe (called the Wheelwright Museum since 1976); The Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff; and the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. The artist completed large commissions in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, and numerous Federal building complexes, medical centers, private firms, churches, and parks. Her portrait busts (from life) include Andres Segovia, Polingaysi (a great Hopi educator and potter), Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, Georgia O'Keefe, Dr. Frances Kelsey, and Rachel Carson. Hanbury's reputation as an outstanding artist has spanned several decades and continents. She is included in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who Among American Women, and Bronzes of the American West.