Site: Rifle Brigade (3 memorials)
SW1, Hobart Place
SW1, Hobart Place
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rifle Brigade - left
Formed initially as the 'Experimental Corps of Riflemen' it became the 'Rifle...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Rifle Brigade - left
Founder based in Thames Ditton. Â From Exploring Surrey's Past: The foundry wa...
Sculptor. Born Glasgow. Good friend and associate of Rodin. Also by Tweed is ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Rifle Brigade - left
There are 3 statues on this memorial: to the left - a rifleman of 1806; to th...
Unveiled by Harold Macmillan.
The 'statue' represents his passion for cycling. It is topped by a cormorant, a bird that frequents the dock area.
The stance of the horse has been criticised since the position of the hind legs suggest urination. Probably not what was intended. We th...
The portrait of Mary Queen of Scots used on Antonia Fraser's book could have been a model for this portrait.
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