Equestrian statue of Frederick Roberts, Glasgow

has description | a une description: Duplicate of a statue erected in Kolkata, sculpted by Harry Bates. The original statue in India was inaugurated in 1898.
managed by | dirigé par: Glasgow City Council
has current location | a pour localisation actuelle: Glasgow; Scotland; United Kingdom

shows visual item | présente l'item visuel: battle scene; colonial subject
has inscription | a une inscription: On left side:
FIELD MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR PRETORIA AND WATERFORD VC K.G. K.P. G.C.B O.M. G.C.S.I. G.C.I.E.
Born in India
30th September 1832
Died in France while on a visit to the troops engaged in the Great War
14th November 1914; On right side:
INDIAN MUTINY UMBEYLA ABYSSINIA LUSHAI AFGHANISTAN BURMAH SOUTH AFRICA
"I seem to see the gleam in the near distance of the weapons and accoutrements of this Army of the future, this Citizen Army, the wonder of these islands, and the pledge of the peace and the continued greatness of this Empire"
Extract from Lord Roberts' speech in Glasgow on 6th May 1914

is referred to by | est référencé par: British Pathé - 'Lady Roberts unveils memorial statue to Lord Roberts' (1914); British Pathé - 'Lord Roberts' Memorial at Glasgow' (1916); The Glasgow Story; Glasgow Sculpture; Imperial War Museums; Canmore; Historic Environment Scotland; The Victorian Web; Art UK; Equestrian Statues (Deolali); Equestrian Statues (Glasgow); Susan Beattie, The New Sculpture (New Haven, CT: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1983), pp. 219-222.

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