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John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence

John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
Richmond, North Yorkshire 1811 - London 1879
English-born Ulsterman who became a prominent British Imperial statesman; served as Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869
(Wikipedia)

Joseph Boehm
1882

London / John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence

Description

Bronze statue of Lord Lawrence in informal dress, holding the old-fashioned cavalry sword he always carried with him during the Sepoy rebellion of 1857.

Inscription(s)

JOHN
FIRST LORD LAWRENCE
ruler of the punjaub
during the
sepoy mutiny of 1857,
viceroy of india
from 1864 to 1869

Erected by his fellow Subjects
British and Indian
A.D. 1882.

Signature

j.e. boehm fecit

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. 94.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 198-199.
London Remembers, Memorials.
Bob Speel, Sculptures at Waterloo Place.
The Victorian Web, The Art of Sculpture in Victorian Britain.

Locatie (N 51°30'23" - W 0°7'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo204; Photograph: 18 March 2019
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