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A bronze statue of William III of England stands on the south side of Kensington Palace in London, facing towards the Golden Gates. The statue was designed by Heinrich Baucke and erected in 1907. It was cast by the Gladenbeck foundry in Berlin and given as a gift by the German Emperor Wilhelm II to his uncle, King Edward VII. [1]
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William III, Prince of Orange, ascended the English throne in 1688 following the overthrow of James II in the Glorious Revolution. William ruled jointly with his wife, Mary , [ 2 ] James's daughter, until her death in 1694, and then solely until his own death in 1702. [ 3 ]
The equestrian statue of William III is a historic statue in the centre of Queen Square in Bristol, England.It is a Grade I listed building. [1]The statue of William III by John Michael Rysbrack, [2] cast in 1733 and erected in 1736 to signify Bristol's Whig support of the Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689. [3]
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The bronze sculpture depicts William III of England in Roman attire mounted on a horse. [1] It is said that the tail of the Glasgow statue is designed to move to prevent it being broken by means of a ball and socket joint . [ 2 ]
The earliest English equestrian statue. Originally commissioned in 1630 by Charles I's Lord Treasurer, Sir Richard Weston, for his house Mortlake Park in Roehampton. Erected on the site of the Charing Cross in 1674–5, when the pedestal was carved by Joshua Marshall. [18] Temple Bar Gate, Paternoster Square c. 1670–2: John Bushnell
During William's birthday celebrations, the statue was painted white, and decorated with an orange cloak and sash with orange streamers. In July, the statue was decorated with orange lilies. [4] In 1836, the statue was bombed, but was re-erected. It was later destroyed by another bomb in 1929. [5]