Statue of John Lawrence, Derry-Londonderry

has description | a une description: One of two statues of Lawrence by Joseph Edgar Boehm. The statue was donated to India for Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 and was erected by Lahore High Court. The other statue of Lawrence in London served as a replacement for the one sent to India.

After India and Pakistan achieved independence from Britain, the statue of Lawrence was removed from public view by the provincial government in 1950. The statue was then repatriated to Northern Ireland in 1962 and re-erected the following year at Foyle College in Derry-Londonderry, where it still stands in place today (although the site of the school has changed over time).
has current location | a pour localisation actuelle: Derry-Londonderry; Northern Ireland; United Kingdom

depicts | figure: Lawrence, John
shows visual item | présente l'item visuel: man; colonial administrator; pen; sword
consists of | consiste en: bronze
was produced by | a été produit par: Boehm, Joseph Edgar

has inscription | a une inscription: By which will ye be governed, the pen or the sword?

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia; Jim Heasley, 'The Statue of John Lawrence in Lahore', Foyle College Former Pupils Association Magazine, (2021) pp. 60-63; Paul M. McGarr, ''The Viceroys are Disappearing from the Roundabouts in Delhi': British symbols of power in post-colonial India', Modern Asian Studies, 49, 3 (2015) 787-831 (open access); Michael Silvestri, Ireland and India: Nationalism, Empire and Memory (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009); Mary Ann Steggles, Statues of the Raj (London: BACSA, 2000), pp. 123-124

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