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Boadicea and her Daughters

(also Boudicca or Boadicea)
(d. AD 60 or 61)
Queen of the British Iceni tribe, a Celtic tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire
(Wikipedia)

Hamo Thornycroft & Thomas Thornycroft
1856-83

Description

Bronze statue of Boudica standing in a chariot drawn by two horses. Behind Boudica het two daughters.

Inscription(s)

BOADICEA (boudicca) queen of the iceni who died a.d. 61 after leading her people against the Roman invader	regions cæsar never knew thy posterity shall sway	this statue by thomas thornycroft was presented to london by his son sir john isaac thornycroft c.e. and placed here by the london county council a.d. 1902.
Text copied from Remember Londen, and a photo for us invisible because of a souvenir stand	A quote from William Cowper's 1782 poem Boadicea, an ode.

Annotation

The elder Thornycroft's magnum opus, brought to completion by his son. The style of the figures was out of fashion by the time the group was installed here in 1902.

London - Boadicea and her Daughters

Sculptors

Sir William Hamo Thornycroft (London 1850 - 1925), British sculptor, son of Thomas Thornycroft (Wikipedia).
Thomas Thornycroft (Great Tidnock, near Gawsworth, Cheshire, 1815 - Brenchley, Kent 1885), British sculptor, father of Hamo Thornycroft (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of Westminster.
Wikipedia, Boadicea and Her Daughters.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
London Remembers, Statue: Boadicea/Boudicca.
George L. Gomme, Return of outdoor memorials in London (London: City Council, 1910) (through Internet Archive).
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 68-69.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 146.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 41.

Locatie (N 51°30'3" - W 0°7'25") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo052; Photograph: 3 August 2014
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