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The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.The statue was named after the Battle of Maiwand and was unveiled in December 1886 to commemorate the deaths of 329 men from the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot during the campaign in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in Afghanistan between 1878 and 1880.
The Maiwand Lion statue was erected in 1886 to commemorate the loss of 286 soldiers (though the exact number varies by account) from the 66th Royal Berkshire Regiment at the Battle of Maiwand in Afghanistan on 27 July 1880. [10] [11] The sculptor of this 31-foot statue was George Blackall Simonds and it was unveiled in December 1886. [11]
The Maiwand Lion in Forbury Gardens, Reading, the unofficial symbol of the town The battle was the subject of several paintings [ 11 ] and was covered extensively in the illustrated press. Frank Feller , a Swiss artist domiciled in England painted The Last Eleven at Maiwand in 1882 depicting a small group of men from the 66th Regiment making a ...
The Last Eleven at Maiwand by Frank Feller The Maiwand Lion, Forbury Gardens, Reading. The regiment was deployed to Afghanistan in early 1880 and took part in the Battle of Maiwand in July 1880 where the British forces were routed and most of the regiment was caught up in the rout. Some 140 of them made a stand at the Mundabad Ravine, which ran ...
Maiwand is a village in Afghanistan within the Maywand District of Kandahar Province. It is located 50 miles northwest of Kandahar, on the main Kandahar–Lashkargah road. [1] [2] The area is irrigated by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority. [3] Maiwand is the birthplace of the 13th-century Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. [4]
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Kemeys in 1898. Edward Kemeys (January 31, 1843 – May 11, 1907) was an American sculptor [1] and considered America's first animalier. [2]He is best known for his sculptures of animals, particularly the two bronze lions that mark the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago Building in Chicago. [3]
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