- CountryUK
- Town:Stowe
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Year of creation:1723
- Rider(s):George I
1660–1721) was the first Hanoverian to reign. He was the closest living Protestant relative of Queen Anne, who had succeeded William III. During George’s rule, the power of the monarchy diminished, and Britain began a transition to the modern system of a cabinet government led by a prime minister.
- Sculptor(s):Van Nost the Elder, John
(died 1729) was a Flemish sculptor from Mechelen. He was employed by Arnold Quellin, and married his widow. He moved to England at the end of the seventeenth century, and set up business in Haymarket.
- Original in:Birmingham, UK
This statue in Stowe Landscape Gardens , Buckinghamshire, is a copy in lead by John van Nost of the one originally unveiled in Dublin, and now in Birmingham,
