Cast in Stone

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• Boer War Memorial (The Black Watch), Edinburgh
• Equestrian statue of Frederick Roberts, Glasgow
  Duplicate of a statue erected in Kolkata, sculpted by Harry Bates. The original statue in India was inaugurated in 1898.
• Equestrian statue of the Black Prince
  Although a depiction of Edward, the Black Prince, Historic England describes the equestrian statue as 'almost certainly a tribute to Edward VII'. Though the origins of "The Black Prince" as an appellation for the former Edward are uncertain, the nickname also raises interesting questions about the meanings of blackness in fourteenth century Europe, or indeed how ideas of blackness have been reconfigured in the present.
• Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Glasgow
• Monument to Villebois-Mareuil
  The monument consists of a base with bas-reliefs and inscriptions, and a statue. The latter depicts Villebois-Mareuil, in colonel's uniform, standing erect, receiving a kiss from a female allegory carrying a moving flag in one hand and supporting it with the other. The movement of the figures represents the moment of the militiaman's death.
• Nelson's Column
  Depicts a standing figure of Nelson, on top of a high Corinthina pillar with an elaborate capitol. Nelson is in a dynamic standing posture, wearing eighteenth-century military attire, and holding a sword in his left hand. The sleeve of the amputated arm is tucked into the lapels of the court. The four sides of the pedestal are decorated with four bronze reliefs, created using captured and melted French cannons. The south-facing panel, titled 'The death of Nelson' depicts a soldier with African features, holding a musket. David Olusoga notes how contemporary observers noticed this figure, their African features, and commented on it positively. Four bronze Barbary lions were added to the base of the column much later, in 1867.
• Second Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment memorial, Eastbourne
  Bronze statue of a colonial officer, wearing the uniform of the Bengal Regiment prior to the Indian Mutiny, on top of a granite plinth. The plinth is accompanied by four bronze panels. The bronze plaques on the south west and north west sides are pictorial reliefs of soldiers in action in the Black Mountain and Tirah expeditions. The plaque on the south east side dedicates the memorial to the Second Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, while the plaque on the north west side lists the names of 328 men who died in service between 1882 and 1902.
• Statue of James George Smith Neill
  One of two statues dedicated to Neill. The other is currently located in the collections of the Madras Museum in India.
• Statue of Jean-Baptiste Léon Olry, Nouméa
  Olry is depicted standing in military garb, right arm raised and sword at side. The base features ornamental Greek Revival palms and a bas-relief depicting the surrender of the Kanaks after the 1878 uprising.
• Statue of John Nicholson, Lisburn
• Statue of Robert Clive, Westminster
  This large bronze statue depicts Robert Clive in military uniform, atop a massive plinth. In the manner of classical Greek architecture, the undulating structure of the plinth prevents the viewer from focussing and draws attention instead to the principal figure, who looks away into the the distance with a grim expression. The figure wears well-worn boots, indicating battle experience, while the prominent stripes on the sleeves indicate achievement and rank. In one hand, the figure holds a curved Indo-Islamic ceremonial sword or talwar, signalling the conquest of India, while the other hand clutches rolled up papers, possibly underlining the legal title to possessions won by the sword. In front, the plinth merely describes the person depicted as 'Clive', indicating his self-explanatory eminence. Contradicting this, the three other sides of the plinth display narrative friezes in bas-relief, showcasing Clive's military and political achievements in India: at Arcot, Plassey and Allahabad. The Allahabad scene depicts Clive receiving the Grant of Diwani, mistitled as the Grant of Bengal, from the defeated Mughal emperor. In the bas-relief of this scene, based on Benjamin West's 1818 painting , the Mughal emperor fades into the background while Clive and his British companions are carved prominently, to emphasize their centrality to the story.
• Statue of the Duke of Wellington, Manchester