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The Wellington Monument is a statue representing Achilles erected as a memorial to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and his victories in the Peninsular War and the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars. It is sited at the south-western end of Park Lane in London, and was inaugurated on 18 June 1822.
The statue is often "defaced" by the placing of a traffic cone on Wellington's head. Wellington astride Copenhagen his charger statue on Round Hill, Aldershot. Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Aldershot, originally at Hyde Park Corner, by Matthew Cotes Wyatt (1846). [9]
He also had an arrangement with the Trustees of the British Museum, which allowed him to make moulds and supply plaster casts of classical sculpture in the museum's collection to country house owners, academies and other institutions. [4] Statue of Achilles (1822) on the Wellington Monument at Hyde Park Corner, London.
Unveiled 18 June 1822. Wellington is represented symbolically by the hero Achilles, although the head is said to be modelled on the Duke's. [9] The statue, partly inspired by the classical sculptures of the Dioscuri on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, was cast from captured French cannon. [36] The first public nude statue in London since antiquity. [9]
Its paintings and statuary depict scenes from the Trojan War, with particular focus on Achilles. The Wellington Monument is a statue representing Achilles erected in 1822 as a memorial to Arthur Wellesley, the first duke of Wellington, and his victories in the Peninsular War and the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars.
The Wellington statue in Aldershot, England is a monument to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor at the Battle of Waterloo and later prime minister of the United Kingdom. Sculpted by Matthew Cotes Wyatt , it was the largest equestrian statue in Britain when it was unveiled at its original location on the Wellington Arch at Hyde ...
Long title: An Act to transfer to the Crown Apsley House and the site, forecourt and garden thereof and certain chattels formerly belonging to the first Duke of Wellington; to provide for the use of Apsley House partly as a museum for the preservation and exhibition of the said chattels and other chattels associated with the said first Duke or his times and for other public purposes, and ...
Close-up of the statue in 2004. The equestrian statue was erected to show the City's gratitude for Wellington's help in assisting the passage of the London Bridge Approaches Act 1827. 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".