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Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

Platz der Republik

Kaiser-Wilhelm-I.-Denkmal

Emperor Wilhelm I Monument

Berlin 1797 - Berlin 1888
King of Prussia, 1861 - 1888, and the first German Emperor, 1871 - 1888
(Wikipedia)

Gustav Eberlein
Bronzegießerei Gladenbeck (Friedrichshagen bei Berlin)
1898

Description

Bronze equestrian statue with allegorical group, showing a warrior with female figures representing Schlweswig and Holstein on the pedestal and two sidegroups, the fisherman (representing Trade and Navigation) and the smith (representing Industry).

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Signature

G. Eberlein fec.
aktien-gesellschaft / v. h. gladenbeck & sohn / berlin-friedrichshagen

Sculptor

Gustav Heinrich Eberlein (Spiekershausen 1847 - Berlin 1926), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Kaiser-Wilhelm-I.-Denkmal (Hamburg).
Wikipedia, Liste der Kaiser-Wilhelm-I.-Denkmäler.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 53°32'50" - E 9°56'7") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehh025; Photograph: 9 November 2008 / updated: 2 March 2011
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