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Douglas Haig

Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Edinburgh 1861 - London 1928
British senior officer during the First World War
(Wikipedia)

Alfred Hardiman
1937

Description

Bronze equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

[coat of arms]

field marshall
EARL HAIG
commander-in-chief
of the british armies
in france
1915-1918

erected by
parliament

Signature

Alfred Hardiman 1936

Annotation

Unveiled 10 November 1937. The statue aroused great controversy, comparable even with the reaction to Epstein's early works. The depiction of the horse was deemed to be unnatural; Country Life noted that its legs were in the position for urinating. Haig's widow did not attend the unveiling.

Sculptor

Alfred Frank Hardiman (London 1891 - Stoke Poges 1949), English sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of Westminster.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 284-285.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 41.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 20-21.
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.

Location (N 51°30'15" - W 0°7'34")

Item Code: gblo030; Photograph: 3 August 2014
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