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Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, is shown in field marshal`s uniform, with a baton in his right hand and mounted on a stationary horse. The sculpture was cast from guns captured during his campaigns. Wolseley`s family could not afford to buy him a commission, but he rapidly rose through the ranks on ability alone. He saw action in Burma, India and the Crimea where he met Charles George Gordon – who became his military hero – and he later led the ill-fated expedition to relieve Gordon in Khartoum. Wolseley was wounded three times, losing the sight in his right eye in the Crimea. His experiences in the Second Opium War became the subject of his first book, 'Narrative of the War in China' 1860. In 1870 he led the Red River expedition against the Métis insurgency.

Title

Viscount Wolseley (1833–1913)

Date

1920

Medium

bronze & Portland stone

Measurements

H 346 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 320 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

SW1A_II_S014

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

Equestrian

Owner

Westminster City Council

Custodian

Westminster City Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

25th June 1920

Listing date

14/01/70

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

on the right side of the statue's self-base: W. GOSCOMBE JOHN R.A. 1917

Inscription description

on the front of the pedestal: WOLSELEY; on the back of the pedestal: FIELD MARSHAL / VISCOUNT WOLSELEY / KP.. G.C.B. O.M. G.C.M.G / 1833-1913 / COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF-OF THE BRITISH ARMY / 1895-1900 BURMAH 1852-3 / CRIMEA 1854-5 / INDIAN MUTINY 1857-9 / CHINA 1860-1 / RED RIVER 1870 / ASHANTI 1873-4 / SOUTH AFRICA 1879 / EGYPT 1882 / SOUDAN 1884-5; below at the back of the pedestal: THIS STATUE, CAST FROM METAL OF GUNS / TAKEN IN LORD WOLSELEY`S CAMPAIGNS / WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION

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