List of monuments to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Wellington Monument may refer to any one of the monuments to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1769 – 1852), a leading British political and military figure of the 19th century, particularly noted for his defeat of Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo (1815).
This is a list of the monuments erected to him (in rough chronological order):
- A monumental column and statue in his birthplace in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. (1817) [1]
- Wellington Monument, London, on Park Lane, London; a colossal bronze statue of Achilles by Richard Westmacott (1822)[2]
- Wellington Arch on Hyde Park Corner, London, built to a design by Decimus Burton (1825–1827)[3]
- Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, City of London by Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1844)[4]
- Wellington Monument, Old Woodhall Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire , a column with bust on top. (1844)[5]
- Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Glasgow by Carlo Marochetti (1844)[6]
- Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Aldershot , originally at Hyde Park Corner, by Matthew Cotes Wyatt (1846)[7]
- Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, East End of Princes Street, Edinburgh. by Sir John Steell (1848–52)[8]
- Wellington Monument, Somerset, in the Blackdown Hills (Commenced 1817, completed in 1854)[9]
- A statue of Wellington by the sculptor Carlo Marochetti in Leeds, England, which now stands in Woodhouse Moor park (1855). [10]
- A statue in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester by Matthew Noble. (1855/6)[11]
- A monument in the Great Hall of the Guildhall, London by John Bell (1856) [12]
- Duke of Wellington Statue, The Bulwark, Brecon, Wales , by John Evan Thomas, (1858)[13]
- Wellington Monument, Dublin, by Robert Smirke. The memorial in the Phoenix park is the tallest obelisk in Europe . (Commenced 1817, completed 1861) [14]
- Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column, outside Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire , a column with statue on top, by Carlo Marochetti (1863)[15]
- Wellington's Column in Liverpool by Mr George and Andrew Lawson (1865) [16]
- Wellington Monument, Baslow,Edge Derbyshire. A stone cross(1866) [17]
- Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Hyde Park Corner, London by Joseph Boehm (1888)[18]
- A monument in St Paul's Cathedral, London, where he is buried. By Alfred Stevens , (completed 1912)[19]
The Duke's horse, Copenhagen, has a monument over his grave at Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire.
See also
References
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- ^ "Achilles (The Wellington Monument)". The Victorian Web. 2006-08-21. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
- ^ "Wellington Arch". English Heritage. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
- ^ "Statue: Duke of Wellington statue - EC2". LondonRemembers.com. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "Wellington Monument, Old Woodhall Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire". Heritage Explorer. English Heritage. 2007. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
- ^ "Marochetti Collection, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington". FineArtFacts. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
- ^ "The Duke of Wellington by Matthew Cotes Wyatt". The Victorian Web. 2012. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
- ^ "THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON". Princes Street .com. Edinburgh Sites. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
- ^ "Wellington Monument". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "The Duke of Wellington by Baron Marochetti". Victorian Web. 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ^ "Statues in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester". Bob Speel. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ^ "Monument to the Duke of Wellington, Great Hall, Guildhall". National Recording Project. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ^ "The military link continues..." Where We Are & Local History Brecon. Brecon Town Council. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ^ "1861 – Wellington Monument, Phoenix Park, Dublin". Buildings of Ireland. Archiseek. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ^ "Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column". Art & Architecture. The Courtauld Institute. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ^ Horton, Steven (2014-05-25). "WELLINGTON'S WAIT". Liverpool Hidden History. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ^ "Baslow". Discovering Derbyshire and the Peak District. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ^ The Green Park Arch, Wellington Place. Victorian London, Originally published in The Queen's London : a Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks and Scenery of the Great Metropolis, 1896 . Accessed September 2014
- ^ Welford, John (2013-01-15). "Alfred Stevens and the Wellington Memorial in St Pauls Cathedral London". Artists and Artwork. Fine Arts 360. Retrieved 2014-10-04.