Wellington, Duke of

The Duke of Wellington is the only person with two equestrian statues in London. 

The first statue by Chantry and Weekes was erected by the City of London in front of the Royal Exchange. This was in recognition of his help in getting a bill through parliament allowing the rebuilding of London Bridge. Although Wellington is in a form of patrol uniform with a cloak hanging from him, he has no stirrups and there is only a saddlecloth.

Both this statue and this one by Joseph Edgar Boehm (1888) near Hyde Park Corner in London are presumed to have been made of bronze from captured French guns.

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