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Statue of William III, Brixham; Statue of William III, Kensington Palace This page was last edited on 17 December 2024, at 10:09 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
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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The equestrian statue of William III stands in The Square, Petersfield, Hampshire, England. Dating from the 18th century, it has been attributed to John Cheere or possibly to his brother, Henry . The statue is a Grade I listed structure .
Johannes Michel or John Michael Rysbrack, original name Jan Michiel Rijsbrack, often referred to simply as Michael Rysbrack [1] (24 June 1694 [2] – 8 January 1770), was an 18th-century Flemish sculptor, who spent most of his career in England where he was one of the foremost sculptors of monuments, architectural decorations and portraits in the first half of the 18th century.
The statue was defaced with red paint [9] in August 2018 by the activist Taitumu Maipi. [10] In June 2020, ahead of a George Floyd protest in the US, the Hamilton City Council discussed the statue [11] with Sir William's brother and fellow director, John Gallagher, [12] then slated it for removal, after a request by Māori tribal confederation ...
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]
The equestrian statue of William III by John Bacon Junior stands in St James's Square in central London. It is modelled on an earlier statue of the king by John Michael Rysbrack in Queen Square , Bristol .