Characters from literature – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:09:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Baatyr Kaba Uulu Kozomkul https://equestrianstatue.org/baatyr-kaba-uulu-kozomkul/ Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:31:04 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=30292 Photo by Rocelle Eisenstatt Not really an equestrian sculpture, as the rider is not carried by the horse, but the other way around. So a very special sculpture. The only one of this kind I know and worthwhile enough to be included on this website.

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]]> Manas Aykol https://equestrianstatue.org/manas/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:02:06 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=21860 The statue was a gift from the Republic of Kyrgyzstan to the Russian people

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]]> Four sons of Aymon https://equestrianstatue.org/four-sons-aymon-2/ Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:27:24 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=20778 The post Four sons of Aymon appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Four sons of Aymon https://equestrianstatue.org/four-sons-aymon/ Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:09:28 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=20758 The Four Sons was made for the World Expo in Ghent in 1913

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]]> Don Quichote and Sancho Panza https://equestrianstatue.org/don-quichote-sancho-panza/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 10:36:18 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=18630 See original.

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]]> Lobey Dosser https://equestrianstatue.org/lobey-dosser/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:15:22 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=16259 Bud Neil (1911-1970) became famous in Glasgow during the 1950s and 60s for his character “Lobey Doser”, a cartoon strip serialised in the Evening Times for many years. This was the story of a wild west sherriff from deepest Partick who chases the evil villain Rank Bajin on his trusty two -legged steed El Fideldo. … Continue reading "Lobey Dosser"

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]]> Sassoun David of https://equestrianstatue.org/sassoun-david-of-2/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:47 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/sassoun-david-of-2/ Donated tothe County of Fresnoby the People of Armenian Descentof the San Joaquin Valley David of Sassoon is the legendary folk-hero of the Armenians, who rid their land of foreign conquerors single-handedly. It is an epic based on historical events dating back to the Seventh Century A.D. Troubadours, poets and sculptors have immortalized him, for … Continue reading "Sassoun David of"

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]]> Don Quixote https://equestrianstatue.org/don-quixote-4/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:47 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/don-quixote-4/ photographer unknown

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]]> Phu Dong Thieu Vuong https://equestrianstatue.org/phu-dong-thieu-vuong/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:47 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/phu-dong-thieu-vuong/ The post Phu Dong Thieu Vuong appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Lady Godiva https://equestrianstatue.org/lady-godiva/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:46 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/lady-godiva/ For obvious reasons, there are a few equestrian sculptures of Lady Godiva. The charming sculpture of Lady Godiva in Coventry deserves a more intimate setting. Text on plinth: “Then she rode back, clothed on with chastity she took the tax away and built herself an everlasting name” Tennyson

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