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Field Marshal Lord Wolseley

Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
(Dublin 1833 - Menton, France 1913)
Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army.
(Wikipedia)

W. Goscombe John
A.B. Burton (Thames Ditton)
1920

Description

Equestrian statue.

The statue is cast from guns captured during Wolseley's campaigns.

Inscription(s)

WOLSELEY

FIELD-MARSHAL
VISCOUNT WOLSELEY
K.P., C.G.B., O.M., G.C.M.G.
1833 - 1913
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
OF THE BRITISH ARMY
1895-1900
burmah 1852-3
crimea 1854-5
indian mutiny 1857-9
china 1860-1
red river 1870
ashanti 1873-4
south africa 1879
egypt 1882, soudan 1884-5

Signature

w. goscombe john 1917
a.b. burton, founder, thames ditton

Sculptor

Sir William Goscombe John (Cardiff 1860 - London 1952), Welsh sculptor (Wikipedia – Victorian Web).

Sources & Information

Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 54.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 272-273.
London Remembers, Memorials.
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 51°30'17" - W 0°7'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo220; Photograph: 18 March 2019
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