Wyatt, Matthew Cotes – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:40:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Wellington, Duke of https://equestrianstatue.org/wellington-2/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:01:17 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=15965 The making of the colossal (30 feet high) statue in Aldershot, using recycled bronze from cannons that were captured at the Battle of Waterloo, took thirty men more than three years. The legs of the horse are cast in solid metal, in order to bear the enormous weight. Originally the statue was erected at Hyde Park Corner, London on … Continue reading "Wellington, Duke of"

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]]> George III https://equestrianstatue.org/george-iii-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1407 This statue in London shows the king trotting off by St James’s Place, holding his cocked hat in his hand and with his very pronounced pigtail tied up in a bow. It was the first equestrian statue of a British monarch that was not a Marcus Aurelius lookalike. 

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