Sujet

Equestrian statue of George II; St Stephens Green, Dublin, Ireland, 1900. Creator: Robert Augustus Henry L'Estrange.

Légende

This was the first statue to be erected in St. Stephen’s Green, and was commissioned by Dublin Corporation. The statue depicted King George II in full triumphant Roman posturing. Sited in the centre of the park, it was however highly visible due to the height of its pedestal. It was the target of vandalism almost from the start, by 1818 several attempts had been made to amputate body parts of the king. On 13 May 1937 it was blown up.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A55_222

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

58,3Mo (4,3Mo) / 42,0cm x 34,8cm / 4960 x 4106 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors park people library equestrian historical garden arts country symbol statue statues monarch art view British king republic of ireland irish republic Ireland eire Irish royal photography Dublin location Victorian century Colonial flowerbed empire Britain target photograph royalty concept photo vandalism georgian B&W flower bed 1900 public park Day campaign black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century County Dublin history historic British Empire colonialism sovereign TGN King George III King of Great Britain outside photograph landscape St Stephen's Green George III Éire garden square Irish Republican campaign Heritage Art George III of England King George III of England King of Great Britain and of Ireland anti-monarchy National Library of Australia Robert Augustus Henry L'Estrange L'Estrange Robert Augustus Henry