Angel of the North Angel of the North The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is a steel sculpture of an angel, tall, with wings measuring across. The wings do not stand straight sideways, but are angled 3.5 degrees forward; Gormley did this to create "a sense of embrace". The angel like much of Gormley's other work is based on a cast of his body. It stands on the hill of Birtley, at Low Eighton in Lamesley, overlooking the A1 and A167 roads into Tyneside, and the
Angel of the Lord "an angel of the Lord" or as "the angel of the Lord". The mentions in and of "his angel" (the Lord's angel) can also be understood as referring either to "the" angel of the Lord or "an" angel of the Lord. An angel of the Lord who is mentioned in Luke 1:11 identifies himself as Gabriel in . Most appearances of the "angel of the Lord" leave the reader with the question of whether it was an angel or YHWH who appeared. Apart from the view that "the angel of the Lord is just that – an angel", a wide