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Title
Queen's Statue
Date
2016
Medium
bronze & Portland stone
Accession number
CB8_TJ_S214
Acquisition method
funded by Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Work type
Equestrian
Owner
National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art
Custodian
Newmarket Town Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
3rd November 2016
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
handwritten signature marked on base of bronze at the foot of the larger horse
Inscription description
THE QUEENS'S STATUE / THIS STATUE WAS UNVEILED BY HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II ON 3 NOVEMBER 2016 / IT WAS PLACED HERE TO MARK HER MAJESTY'S 90TH BIRTHDAY AND TO CELEBRATE HER SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH NEWMARKET AND THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE. / HER MAJESTY IS DEPICTED IN 1977, THE YEAR OF HER SILVER JUBILEE. CAST IN BRONZE / AND SET ON A PLINTH OF PORTLAND STONE, THE STATUE PORTRAYS HER MAJESTY WITH A MARE AND FOAL AT 120% LIFE SIZE. THIS PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY OF HIS HIGHNESS SHEIK MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM. / PLANNED BY THE NEWMARKET COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE THE STATUE HAS BEEN GOFTED TO THE NATIONAL HERITAGE CENTRE FOR HORSERACING AND SPORTING ART AND WILL BE MAINTAINED BY NEWMARKET TOWN COUNCIL. HER MAJESTY WAS SCULPTED BY ETIENNE MILLNER AND CAST AT BRONZE AGE SCULPTURE FOUNDRY. THE MARE AND FOAL WERE SCULPTED BY CHARLIE LANGTON AND CAST AT THE SCULPTURE CASTING FOUNDRY. SITE DESIGN BY ROGER HALL DESIGNS LTD, SITE WORKS BY ADRIAN VALIANT FOR E.A.VALIANT and SONS LTD, STONEWORK BY ABBEYGATE MASONRY LTD, TREES BY BARCHAM TREES