Mackennal, Bertram – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:52:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Edward VII https://equestrianstatue.org/edward-vii-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1293 Edward VII has more equestrian statues outside the UK than within it: two in India and Australia, one in France and one in Canada.  This one has a more appropriate setting than the one in Mumbai (in the Zoo): on top of an arch in the garden of the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata. 

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]]> Edward Vll https://equestrianstatue.org/edward-vll/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1295 The statue’s production and unveiling were temporarily derailed by WW1, which helped spin the original tender for the commission – one thousand, eight hundred pounds – to over four thousand pounds. Regardless, it was cast as soon as the war ended and unveiled in 1920, ten years after Edward VII’s death.  Edward VII has two … Continue reading "Edward Vll"

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