Sculpture and statuary Gallery

Boudicca statue SAM01_01_0074

Victoria Embankment, London. Boudicca (Boadicea) and her daughters riding in a chariot. 1850s bronze sculpture by Thomas Thornycroft. List entry Number: 1237737. Photographed by J J Samuels Limited (1900-1930)

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Horse, Statue

St Michael and the devil UXC01_01_01_0009_18

St Michaels Cathedral, Coventry, Coventry, Coventry. Detail of the Jacob Epstein sculpture of St Michael over Lucifer holding a long spear in his right hand, arms and wings outstretched, with Lucifer's feet bound by chains and his arms bound behind his back. The sculpture is attached to the baptistery wall near the porch. It is hung so that Lucifer's nearly horizontal body aligns with the top of the steps that ascend towards the porch, and the top of St Michael's wings nearly reach halfway up the porch. Photographed by Ursula Clark after 1955

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Canova - Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker J040041

APSLEY HOUSE, London. Interior view of the principal staircase with the statue of Napoleon holding a figure of Victory by Antonio CANOVA (1757-1822). Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker'. The statue was originally commissioned from the celebrated Italian sculptor by Napoleon himself. In 1816, after Napoleon's downfall, it was presented to the 1st Duke of Wellington by the Prince Regent (later George IV)

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