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Description: | Male standing figure wearing full-dress military uniform and cloak slung over shoulders.Wearing military decorations, medals and clasps of a K.G.C.B. and of the Portugese Order of the Tower and Sword. Body slightly forward, right foot advanced and bearing weight. Left hand grasps hilt of sword, right arm in half-flexed position. Additional Information: Sir Thomas Picton was Wellington's chief lieutenant in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign. The sculptor intended to 'express that restless, unceasing energy, which he has been so often spoken of as transmitting to the regiments under his charge.' | Subjects: | Statue | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Mewburn Crook, T. | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6716... | Go to resource |
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