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John Fox Burgoyne

Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet GCB
(1782 - London 1871
British Army officer
(Wikipedia)

Joseph Boehm
H. Young & co. (London)
1877

Description

Statue of Field Marshal Burgoyne with his marshal's baton in his right hand, and his left hand rests on a sword.

Inscription(s)

JOHN FOX BURGOYNE
field-marshal.
c.c.b.
born 1782 - died 1871.
erected by his brother officers of
royal engineers.

"how youngly he began to serve his country
how long continued" coriolanus

Signature

J.E. Boehm fecit 1874
h. young & co. art founders pimlico

Sculptor

Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, Bart., R.A. (Wien 1834 - London 1890), British sculptor (Victorianweb – Irish Architects).

Sources & Information

Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 91.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 264-265.
London Remembers, Memorials.
Bob Speel, Sculptures at Waterloo Place.

Locatie (N 51°30'22" - W 0°7'56") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo200; Photograph: 18 March 2019
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