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Boadicea and Her Daughters is a bronze sculptural group in London representing Boudica, queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe, who led an uprising in Roman Britain.It is located to the north side of the western end of Westminster Bridge, near Portcullis House and Westminster Pier, facing Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster across the road.
Architectural sculpture is the use of sculptural techniques by an architect and/or sculptor in the design of a building, bridge, mausoleum or other such project. The sculpture is usually integrated with the structure, but freestanding works that are part of the original design are also considered to be architectural sculpture.
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It was completed in 1905 and stands next to Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, with the following lines from Cowper's poem, referring to the British Empire: Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway. Date: 23 May 2012, 18:31: Source: Boudicca Statue: Westminster Bridge, London. Uploaded by Marcus Cyron; Author
The largest masonry bridge in the United States is the James J. Hill Bridge over the Mississippi River, built in 1883 by railroad magnate James J. Hill, who wanted to impress his fellow citizens by building a structure that would honor him. It is 752.5 meters long and has 23 limestone arches with a full arch span of 23.49 meters.
Working with a sense of urgency and expedience [4] to create the model the larger statue would be based on, the students reworked an academic exercise built to demonstrate the effect of the distribution of weight on a piece: "a half-meter [20"] high clay sculpture of a man grasping a pole with two raised hands and leaning his weight on it."
The Pioneer Woman statue is a work created by sculptor Leo Friedlander. It is located at the Texas Woman's University (TWU) in Denton, Texas , United States, and was commissioned as part of the Texas Centenary celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of Texas Independence from Mexico .