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Equestrian statue of Henry Hardinge

Monument

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Equestrian statue of Henry Hardinge in Kolkata, India in the 1860s
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The statue of Hardinge was originally installed in Kolkata, India, in 1858, but was repatriated to the UK in 1950 after Indian independence.
has current location | a pour localisation actuelle
was classified by | a été inscrite, classée, protégée par le biais de

Statue | La statue

shows visual item | présente l'item visuel
consists of | consiste en
was produced by | a été produit par
Foley, John Henry

Plinth | Le socle

has inscription | a une inscription
On the original pedestal, now lost:
THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED
BY THE INHABITANTS OF BRITISH INDIA
OF VARIOUS RACES AND CREEDS
TO HENRY, VISCOUNT HARDINGE,
IN GRATEFUL COMMEMORATION OF A GOVERNOR,
WHO, TRAINED IN WAR,
SOUGHT BY THE ACTS OF PEACE
TO ELEVATE AND IMPROVE THE VARIOUS NATIONS
COMMITTED TO HIS CHARGE,
AND WHEN RE-CALLED TO ARMS BY UNPROVOKED INVASION AT MOODKEE, FEROZESHAH, AND SOBRAON,
MAINTAINED THE REPUTATION WHICH, IN YOUTH, HE WON BY TURNING THE TIDE OF VICTORY, AT ALBUERA
is referred to by | est référencé par
Historic England
Equestrian Statues
Royal Collections Trust
University of Cambridge
Mary Ann Steggles, Statues of the Raj (London: BACSA, 2000), pp. 110-112