London: A 170-year-old British foundry that has made some of the world's best known statues, including two of the lions in London's Trafalgar Square and Saddam Hussain's giant crossed-swords arch …
The statue of Henry Irving is located on the grounds of the National Portrait Gallery along Charing Cross Road in London, United Kingdom. [1] It was erected on 12 May 1910 by English actors and actresses and others related to theatre in country in a campaign organized by the Irving Memorial Committee.
The initial aim was for a statue to Park to be erected on the empty "Fourth Plinth" in London’s Trafalgar Square alongside Nelson's Column, but this was revised due to complex planning issues and outstanding commitments to exhibit contemporary sculpture on the plinth.
The Trafalgar Square statue is made of fibreglass with a bronze resin finish. It was created in New Zealand by Weta Workshops. The Trafalgar Square statue has been donated by The Sir Keith Park Memorial Campaign to the RAF Museum in Hendon, where it is displayed to the public in a permanent gallery which holds the Battle of Britain Collection.
An un-official history of the Canadian military, covering the War of the Boer War, World War One, World War Two, the Korean War and our military in current times. Canadian Military – The Boer War statue honouring Royal Candian Mounted
A statue of Viscount Portal was unveiled in The Ministry of Defence Gardens in May 1975 by the former Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. The statue was designed by Oscar Nemon (1906-1985) and stands on a triangular slate pedestal, which is said to evoke the shape of an aerofoil .
Trafalgar Square fitted their bill perfectly: “It is a space that is used for so many different things, you have schoolgirls in pink leggings doing aerobics, parties for Chinese New Year, and it …
The statue is an exhibition copy of the statue commissioned in 1984 by the small town of Lubertsy, just outside Moscow, where Gagarin trained as a foundry worker from the ages of 15-16.
Statue of James II, Trafalgar Square – The statue of James II is an outdoor bronze sculpture located in the front garden of the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom. Probably inspired by French statues of the period, it depicts James II of England as a Roman emperor, wearing Roman armour.
The Citizens' War Memorial (alternate: Soldiers' War Memorial) in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, is one of the two major memorials in the city to World War I. It is located immediately north of ChristChurch Cathedral.
The statue is an exhibition copy of the statue commissioned in 1984 by the small town of Lubertsy, just outside Moscow, where Gagarin trained as a foundry worker from the ages of 15-16.
Trafalgar Square fitted their bill perfectly: “It is a space that is used for so many different things, you have schoolgirls in pink leggings doing aerobics, parties for Chinese New Year, and it …
The New Zealand War Memorial in London is a memorial to the war dead of New Zealand in the First and Second World Wars, unveiled in 2006.Officially named "Southern Stand", the memorial was designed by architect John Hardwick-Smith and sculptor Paul Dibble, both from New Zealand.
Charles Dickens, 2014, bronze h.1.5m. on Portland stone base h.20cm.,Guildhall Square, Portsmouth (photo: Martin Jennings) Astonishingly, at one and a quarter life-size, this is the first full-scale statue of Dickens in the United Kingdom, although the author has already been commemorated with statues in Philadelphia, USA and Sydney, Australia.
It took forty years to build a lasting monument to Horatio Nelson in Trafalgar Square. For such a powerful and emotional deliverance as the Battle of Britain was for the British, waiting to put the history into perspective and into bronze was well worth the wait.
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Statue of James II, Trafalgar Square – The statue of James II is an outdoor bronze sculpture located in the front garden of the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom. Probably inspired by French statues of the period, it depicts James II of England as a Roman emperor, wearing Roman armour.
The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London, is a bronze sculpture of the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, created by Ivor Roberts-Jones. It is located on a spot referred to in the 1950s by Churchill as "where my statue will go".
St Clement Danes lies half way between St. Paul's and Trafalgar Square. Photo via the RAF and St. Clement Danes The damage suffered that terrible night in May of 1941 is still evident to this day.
Trafalgar Square – We saw it some 50 yrs ago; had a large white coating of pigeon doodoo. Celebrates one of the great naval battles in history. The Brits should be proud.