Chatham – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:20:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Gordon Charles George https://equestrianstatue.org/gordon-charles-george/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 14:44:56 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=27035 This sculpture was commissioned by the Corps of Royal Engineers, whose original specification was for a statue of General Gordon on foot in the uniform of an Egyptian General, but the sculptor considered it more appropriate for him to be mounted on a camel. To this end he made studies at London Zoo. The first … Continue reading "Gordon Charles George"

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]]> Kitchener, Horatio Herbert https://equestrianstatue.org/kitchener-horatio-herbert/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1567 His statue, originally erected in Kolkata (India) in 1914, was moved to Khartoum in 1920, where it was no longer welcome after the independence of Sudan. Accordingly, it was moved again in 1959 to the UK, where it now stands in Chatham, near the School of Military Engineering. 

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