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Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

Blackburn

Title

Augustus Caesar (63 BC–14 AD)

Medium

bronze & granite

Measurements

H 108 x W 39 x D 32 cm;
Plinth: H 107 x W 67 x D 67 cm

Accession number

BLKMG.1902.6

Work type

Statue

Inscription description

inscribed plaque on plinth: AUGUSTUS CÆSAR / THIS BRONZW WAS PRESENTED IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SERVICE OF / FREDERICK K. SLEIGH, EARL ROBERTS K. G., V. C., / HERBERT HORATIO VISCOUNT KITCHENER, C. C. B. / AND THEIR COMPANIONS IN ARMS, / THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE EMPIRE. / WHO MAINTAINED WITH HONOUR AND COURAGE, SUCCESS / THEIR COUNTRY'S CWSEIN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902.

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