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St Paul's Cathedral
London
Title
Free-Standing Monument to Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton (1758–1815), KGCB
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 330 x W 258 x D 90 cm (E)
Accession number
145
Work type
Monument
Signature/marks description
right side of base: SEBASTIAN GAHAGAN / INVENIT ET FECIT.
Inscription description
on base: ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE / TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR THOMAS PICTON, K.G.C.B. / WHO AFTER DISTINGUISHING HIMSELF IN THE VICTORIES OF / BUZACO, FUENTES DE ONOR, CUIDAD RODRIGO, BADAJOZ, VITORIA, / THE PYRENEES, ORTHES, AND TOULOUSE; / TERMINATED HIS LONG AND GLORIOUS MILITARY SERVICE / IN THE EVER MEMORABLE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, / TO THE SPLENDID SUCCESS OF WHICH / HIS GENIUS AND VALOUR EMINENTLY CONTRIBUTED, ON THE XVIII OF JUNE MDCCCXV.
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Churchyard, London, Greater London EC4M 8AD England
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Free-Standing Monument to Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton (1758–1815), KGCB St Paul's Cathedral -
Charles Hutton (1737–1823) The Literary & Philosophical Society of Newcastle -
Prince Edward Augustus (1767–1820), Duke of Kent -
William Pitt (1759–1806), Prime Minister (1783–1801 & 1804–1806) Parliamentary Art Collection -
General Sir Thomas Picton (1758–1815) National Museum Cardiff