Achilles

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Reference WMO/112077

Address:

Hyde Park

London

SW1

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Allegory (eg: Victory)
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: Memorial erected to commemorate Wellington and his fellow servicemen in conflicts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mayfair & Hyde Park Walk: The Duke of Wellington was a very popular person, particularly with the women, due to his successful victories in various wars on the continent of Europe. He was known as the Iron Duke. The 33,000 Kilogram bronze statue is made from the canon captured from the French. It was said to represent Achilles but was actually based on a statue of a horse tamer in the Piazza del Quirinale in Rome. It was London’s first nude statue but a fig leaf was added later to “preserve public dignity”. As the inscription infers it was erected by the women of England whose clamour presumably persuaded King George the fourth to commission this tribute. The grand sculpture raised on great blocks of stone rises to 36 feet giving at an imposing and defiant image of a warrior. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Route: From here turn westward along the main path towards the Serpentine and find the Cavalry of the Empire sculpture. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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To Arthur, Duke of Wellington ,and his brave companions in arms This statue of Achilles from cannon taken in the victories of Salamanca, Vittoria, Toulouse, and Waterloo, is inscribed by their countrywomen. Placed on this spot on the XVIII day of June MDCCCXXII By command of His Majesty George IIII

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