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The earliest English equestrian statue. Originally commissioned in 1630 by Charles I's Lord Treasurer, Sir Richard Weston, for his house Mortlake Park in Roehampton. Erected on the site of the Charing Cross in 1674–5, when the pedestal was carved by Joshua Marshall. [18] Temple Bar Gate, Paternoster Square c. 1670–2: John Bushnell
Elizabeth Stuart (19 August 1596 – 13 February 1662) was Electress of the Palatinate and briefly Queen of Bohemia as the wife of Frederick V of the Palatinate. The couple's selection for the crown by the nobles of Bohemia was part of the political and religious turmoil that set off the Thirty Years' War .
Monument to the Royal Stuarts in St. Peter's Basilica. The Monument to the Royal Stuarts is a memorial in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City State.It commemorates the last three members of the Royal House of Stuart: James Francis Edward Stuart ("the Old Pretender", d. 1766), his elder son Charles Edward Stuart ("the Young Pretender" or "Bonnie Prince Charlie", d. 1788), and his younger ...
Queen Elizabeth served a history-making 70 years, taking the throne and serving up until the day she died — Sept. 8, 2022, when she died at 96 years old on her beloved Balmoral estate in Scotland.
A statue of Queen Elizabeth is pictured on April 22, 2024 in Oakham, England. Related: Queen Elizabeth Statue Unveiled on What Would Have Been Her 98th Birthday — with a Corgi Gathering!
Elizabeth died in September 2022 and the plans for the memorial were announced in shortly before the second anniversary of her death in 2024. [ 1 ] It is likely to be a statue or sculpture of Elizabeth, with the final design being publicly announced by 2026, before the centenary of her birth.
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, and her husband, Prince Edward, just became the first of the royal family to visit Queen Elizabeth's new memorial statue in Oakham Library Gardens. Earlier this week ...
The statue of King George VI was sculpted in bronze by William McMillan, and depicts him in his naval uniform. The statue stands on a base of Portland stone. [1] The statue was unveiled by Elizabeth II in the presence of her mother and other senior members of the royal family. [2] The architect of the memorial was Louis de Soissons.