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この騎馬像はウェリントンの助力 in assisting the passage of the London Bridge Approaches Act 1827 に対するロンドン市の感謝の印としてwas erected。This Act led to the creation of [[King William Street, London|King William Street]]. |
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"Wellington" is inscribed on each side of the plinth; on its ends is the inscription "Erected June 18 1844". 台座の基礎部分には金属の銘板が取り付けられ、以下のように記されている。 |
"Wellington" is inscribed on each side of the plinth; on its ends is the inscription "Erected June 18 1844". 台座の基礎部分には金属の銘板が取り付けられ、以下のように記されている。 |
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ウェリントン公爵騎馬像（equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington）はロンドンの王立取引所前に建つアーサー・ウェルズリー (初代ウェリントン公爵), a British soldier and statesmanのan outdoor sculptureである[1]。It overlooks Bank junction in the historic City of London. The sculptor was Francis Leggatt Chantrey.[2] The statue commemorates Wellington's assistance to the City of London in ensuring a bill was passed to allow the rebuilding of London Bridge.[3]
History
While sitting for a later portrait by チャールズ・ロバート・レスリー, Wellington recalled that Chantrey had told him he had a square head.[4] After Chantrey's sudden death his studio assistant Henry Weekes completed the sculpture.[5][1]
Wellington attended 1844年6月18日に行われた自身の像の除幕に[2][6] この日は1815年に同じ日、ワーテルローの戦い、ウェリントンが連合軍を率いてナポレオン・ボナパルトに勝利したことを記念して選ばれた[7]式にはヴィクトリア (イギリス女王)に会うためロンドンを訪れていたザクセン王Frederick Augustus IIも出席した[7]。
Description
この騎馬像はウェリントンの助力 in assisting the passage of the London Bridge Approaches Act 1827 に対するロンドン市の感謝の印としてwas erected。This Act led to the creation of King William Street.
"Wellington" is inscribed on each side of the plinth; on its ends is the inscription "Erected June 18 1844". 台座の基礎部分には金属の銘板が取り付けられ、以下のように記されている。
On 19th July 1838 the Court of Common Council of the City of London agreed to a contribution of £500 toward the cost of the above statue of the Duke of Wellington in appreciation of his efforts in assisting the passage of the London Bridge Approaches Act 1827. This Act led to the creation of King William Street. The government donated the metal, which is bronze from captured enemy cannon melted down after the Battle of Waterloo, and valued at the time at £1500. The total cost of the statue was £9000. The remainder being raised by public subscription.
The sculptor, Sir Francis Chantrey (1781 to 1841), was commissioned in 1838 but died before the work was completed. It was finished by his assistant Henry Weekes (1807 to 1877).
Adjoining the statue, a piece of granite from London Bridge (1825 to 1967) has been set into the pavement by the Corporation of London. The elevational stonework from the same bridge was re-erected over the Colorado River in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA, in 1971.[1]
The Lord Mayor, William Magnay, unveiled the statue on 18th June 1844, the anniversary of Waterloo, in the presence of his guest the King of Saxony.
脚注
- ^ a b c “Statue: Duke of Wellington statue – EC2”. LondonRemembers.com. 2014年9月22日閲覧。
- ^ a b Margaret Baker (2002). Discovering London Statues and Monuments. Osprey Publishing. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7478-0495-6
- ^ http://barryoneoff.co.uk/html/statues2.html
- ^ George Robert Gleig (1865). The life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. p. 442
- ^ “Stevens T. 'Weekes, Henry (1807–1877)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004)”. Oxford University Press. 2014年9月22日閲覧。
- ^ John Timbs (1852). Wellingtoniana: anecdotes, maxims, and characteristics, of the duke of Wellington, selected by J. Timbs. p. 66
- ^ a b Effingham Wilson (1844). Wilson's Description of the New Royal Exchange, Including an Historical Notice of the Former Edifices: And a Brief Memoir of Sir Thomas Gresham, Knt., Founder of the Original Burse in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth .... E. Wilson. pp. 114–116
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