Washington D.C. – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Sat, 16 Jan 2021 11:22:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Neptune Fountain https://equestrianstatue.org/neptune-fountain/ Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:25:02 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=18508 Passersby enjoy the play of the jets of water on the majestic, bearded and muscular king of the sea; his sons the tritons blowing conches; the frolicking, horseback-riding Nereids (sea nymphs); and the water-spouting turtles, frogs and sea serpent, placed in front of a grotto-like wall. The tritons and the seahorses have fish tails instead of … Continue reading "Neptune Fountain"

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]]> Memorial civil war, Shaw memorial https://equestrianstatue.org/memorial-civil-war-shaw-memoria/ Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:55:21 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=18492 See original.

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]]> Bolivar, Simon https://equestrianstatue.org/bolivar-simon/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:24:31 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/bolivar-simon/ The post Bolivar, Simon appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Kovats de Fabriczy, Michael https://equestrianstatue.org/kovats-de-fabriczy-michael/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:24:31 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/kovats-de-fabriczy-michael/ Photographer unknown

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]]> Arts of War Sacrifice and Valor https://equestrianstatue.org/arts-of-war-sacrifice/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:35 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/arts-of-war-sacrifice/ The Arts of War  are bronze, fire-gilded statue groups on Lincoln Memorial Circle in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Commissioned in 1929, their completion was delayed until 1939 for budgetary reasons. The models were placed into storage, and the statues not cast until 1950. They were erected in 1951, and repaired in 1974. TThe Art Deco statuary group consists of two … Continue reading "Arts of War Sacrifice and Valor"

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]]> Asbury, Francis https://equestrianstatue.org/asbury-francis-3/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1073 The post Asbury, Francis appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Jeanne d’Arc https://equestrianstatue.org/jeanne-d-arc-35/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=2243 See original. In 2008, the time the photos were taken , the statue was heavily neglected. It was rusty and the sabre was broken.

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]]> Galvez, Bernardo de https://equestrianstatue.org/galvez-bernardo-de/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1376 The post Galvez, Bernardo de appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> San Martin, José de https://equestrianstatue.org/san-martin-jos-de-54/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=2339 See original.

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]]> Grant, Ulysses S. https://equestrianstatue.org/grant-ulysses-s-5/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1429 The most impressive statue of him forms part of the Grant memorial Washington DC, west of Capitol Hill. Henry Merwin Shrady was the winner of the competition, during which 27 designs were submitted. Shrady worked for 20 years on the memorial and died, stressed and overworked, two weeks before its dedication in 1922 on the … Continue reading "Grant, Ulysses S."

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