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Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Ballylongford, Co. Kerry, 1850 - West of Orkney Islands 1916
British Army officer and colonial administrator
(Wikipedia)

John Tweed
A.B. Burton (Thames Ditton)
1926

London / Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum

Description

Bronze statue of Earl Kitchener wearing an undress Field Marshal's uniform.

Inscription(s)

KITCHENER
1850-1926

erected by parliament

Signature

john tweed s^c 1926

Sculptor

John Tweed (Glasgow 1869 - London 1933), English sculptor (Victorian Web).

Sources & Information

Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 51.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 278-279.
London Remembers, Memorials.

Locatie (N 51°30'14" - W 0°7'40") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo223; Photograph: 18 March 2019
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