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Title
Monument to Lord Roberts (1832–1914)
Date
1915–1916
Medium
bronze & granite
Measurements
H 350 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 564 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
G3_GB_005
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Equestrian
Owner
Glasgow City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
A (Scotland)
Unveiling date
21 August 1916
Listing date
15/12/70
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
on the left, on the front of the plinth for the figure of War: SINGERS / FOUNDERS
Inscription description
on the north side of the pedestal: FIELD MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS / OF KANDAHAR PRETORIA AND / WATERFORD V.C. K.G. K.P. / G.C.B. O.M. G.C.S.I. G.C.I.E. / BORN IN I[N]DIA / 30TH, SEPTEMBER 1832 / DIED IN FRANCE WHILE O[N] A VISIT TO THE / TROOPS ENGAGED IN THE GREAT WAR / 14TH, NOVEMBER 1914; on the south side of the pedestal: INDIAN MUTINY · UMBEYLA · ABYSSINIA · LUSHAI · AF[G]HANISTAN / BURMAH · SOUTH AFRICA / 'I SEEM TO SEE THE GLEAM IN THE NEAR DISTANCE / OF THE WEAPONS AND ACCOUTREMENTS OF THIS ARMY / OF THE FUTURE, THIS CITIZEN ARMY, THE WARDER OF / THESE ISLANDS, AND THE PLEDGE OF THE PEACE AND / OF THE CONTINUED GREATNESS OF THIS EMPIRE' / EXTRACT FROM LORD ROBERTS' SPEECH IN GLASGOW ON 6TH, MAY 1913.