Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Equestrian statue of Prince Albert on his horse Nimrod. Unveiled by Sir Francis Crossley on 17 September 1864.

Just as with several other equestrian statues in England also of this statue the myth is told that the sculptor Thomas Thornycroft had got the horse’s legs wrong and that he'd committed suicide on realizing his mistake.
Thornicroft died however 21 years later in 1885, and the unusual pose portrays Prince Albert and his horse Nimrod 'ambling', a type of trot favoured by the pair.

Inscription(s)

Sculptor

• Thomas Thornycroft (Great Tidnock, near Gawsworth, Cheshire, 1815 - Brenchley, Kent 1885), British sculptor, father of Hamo Thornycroft (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Vic Allen, Monumental Oversights: Public sculpture in Yorkshire (Halifax 2019).
• 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 (erroneously listed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada).
• Geograph, Database.

Tags

• Town: Halifax
• County: West Yorkshire
• Subdivision: Yorkshire & Humberside
• Country: Great Britain
• Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince
• Equestrian statue
• Nimrod (horse)
• Thornycroft, Thomas

Location (N 53°42'52" - W 1°51'38")

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