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Title
Charles II (1630–1685)
Date
1676
Medium
copper & bronze
Measurements
H 155 x W 118 x D (?) cm
Accession number
475
Acquisition method
commissioned by Tobias Rustat
Work type
Statue
Owner
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Custodian
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Listing date
15/04/69
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Royal Hospital opening times.
Signature/marks description
cornice: Grinling Gibbons Sculp.
Inscription description
plinth: KING CHARLES II; side of the platform: COLONEL WILLIAM CARLOS / C.1610–1689; scroll: SUBDITUS FIDELIS REGIS ET REGNI SALUS SOLDIER IN THE CIVIL WAR, PROTECTOR OF KING CHARLES II / AT BOSCOBEL AFTER THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER IN 1651. / GOD, BY THE OVERSHADOWING OF AN OAK, DID PRESERVE / OUR ROYAL FOUNDER FROM THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES.