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Description: | The statue, sculpted by Matthew Coles Wyatt, depicts the Duke mounted on his favourite horse "Copenhagen". It was originally erected on top of the Triumphal Arch at Hyde Park Corner, London in 1846, replacing one of wood. It was not popular with certain sections of the public and, after the Duke's death in 1852, it was decided to remove it from London to Aldershot when the arch was moved in 1883. The statue was cut into seven parts to facilitate its removal by road to Aldershot. It was re-erected on its present site - which was chosen by HRH The Prince of Wales, later Edward VII - by the Aldershot building firm of Martin Wells & Co. It was officially handed over into the charge of the Aldershot Division at a ceremony on 19th August 1885 by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught.
The statue weighs 40 tons and stands on a red corshill stone plinth, on either side of which is the single word "Wellington". The plinth is surrounded by a circle of 16 cannon barrels sunk into the ground and linked by an iron chain affixed to wooden balls sunk into the mouths of the cannons. At the foot of the front of the plinth is a plaque bearing an inscription telling the statue's history. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | Farnborough Road army statue Matthew Coles Wyatt Martin Wells & Co Duke of Wellington horse Round Hill | Temporal: | start=1950-01-01; end=1960-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Eagle Photos, Cheltenham | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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