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Statue of James II
In or near London.
Statue of James II — Public artwork (statue) by Peter Van Dievoet, Laurens van der Meulen.
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About
Statue of James II is a other in london. Established 1686. (Public sculpture in London, England.) According to Wikipedia: "The statue of James II is a bronze sculpture located in the front garden of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. Probably inspired by French statues of the same period, it depicts James II of England as a Roman emperor, wearing Roman armour and a laurel wreath. It originally also depicted him holding a baton. It was produced by the workshop of Grinling Gibbons. The execution was most likely, according to contemporary accounts, the work of the Flemish sculptors Peter van Dievoet from Brussels and Laurens van der Meulen from Mechlin, rather than of Gibbons himself. The statue has been relocated several times since it was first erected in the grounds of the old Palace of Whitehall in 1686, only two years before James II was deposed."
- Coordinates
- 51.5085, -0.1290
- Established
- 1686
Sources
- osm: n3211564198 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Statue of James II, Trafalgar Square (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Statue of James II, Trafalgar Square 02.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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