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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 ]
English: King William III on horseback statue, Glasgow Cathedral Square, Scotland. James Macrae of Orangefield near Prestwick was a great admirer and presented this statue to the people of Glasgow. James Macrae of Orangefield near Prestwick was a great admirer and presented this statue to the people of Glasgow.
Statue on pedestal: Bronze and stone: Grade I: Q7604492 [8] More images: William III: St James's Square: 1807: John Bacon the Younger: Statue on pedestal: Bronze and stone: Grade I: Q17527231 [9] More images: George III: Pall Mall: 1835/6: Matthew Coates Wyatt Statue on pedestal: Bronze and Portland stone: Grade II: Q19902765 [10] More images ...
William II of Scotland (William of Orange) Cathedral Square, Glasgow: 1735: Unknown Equestrian statue on pedestal: Bronze and stone: Category A: Q17567391: Statue first erected at Glasgow Cross in 1735, at the expense of James Macrae, a Governor of Madras, and was moved to its present site in 1923. [1] More images: James Lumsden: Cathedral ...
English: James Macrae of Orangefield was a great admirer and presented this statue. King William III on horseback statue, Glasgow Cathedral Square, Scotland. King William III on horseback statue, Glasgow Cathedral Square, Scotland.
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 Charles II outside Parliament House (1684/5) was a lead replica of Gibbon's bronze statue at Windsor, the first in Britain to depict a monarch in classical dress. [80] John Van Ost (fl. 1680–1729) supplied lead garden statuary for Hopetoun House and Drumlanrig Castle.
Statue of William III may refer to: Equestrian statue of William III, Bristol; Equestrian statue of William III, Glasgow; Equestrian statue of William III, London;