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Title
William III (1650–1702)
Date
1734
Medium
lead & stone
Accession number
G4_GB_S005
Acquisition method
presented by James Macrae, 1735
Work type
Equestrian
Owner
Glasgow City Council
Listing status
A (Scotland)
Unveiling date
1735
Listing date
06/07/66
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on south side of pedestal: OPTIMO PRINCIPI, / WILLIELMO III. BRITANNARUM REGI, PIO, FORTI, / INVICTO, CUJUS VIRTUTE, CONSILIO, ET FELICITATE, / IN SUMMO SÆPE DISCRIMINE SPECTATIS, / FÆDERATI BELGIIJ CIVITATIBUS TANTUM NON DELETIS, / INSPERATA PARTA EST SALUS; / BRITANNIÆ ET HIBERNIÆ / RELIGIO PURIOR, JURA, LIBERTASQUE, / RESTITUTA, CONSERVATA, ET POSTERIS, / SUB LEGITIMO PIORUM PRINCIPIUM BRUNSVICENSIUM / IMPERIO, SUNT TRANSMISSA; / INTENTATUM DENIQUE, A GALLO TOTI EUROPÆ / SERVITUTIS JUGUM EST DEPULSUM: / HOC IMMORTALIUM MERITORUM MONUMENTUM, / LABENTE SEPTIMO POST OBITUM LUSTRO, / SUMMO SENATUS, PROPULIQUE, GLASGUENSIS PLAUSU / ACCEPTUM, POSUIT, CIVIS STRENUUS ET FIDUS, / JACOBUS MACRAE, / COLLONIÆ MADARASSIANÆ EXPRÆFECTUS. / MDCCXXXV.; on north side of pedestal: IN HONOUR OF / THE MOST EXCELLENT PRINCE, / WILLIAM III. SOVEREIGN OF GREAT BRITAIN, / PIOUS, VALIANT, INVINCIBLE, / BY WHOSE COURAGE, COUNSEL, AND ADDRESS, / OFTEN DISPLAYED IN THE GREATEST DANGER, / TO THE UNITED PROVINCES, WELL NIGH OVERPOWERED, / UNEXPECTED SAFETY WAS OBTAINED; / TO BRITAIN AND IRELAND / PURER RELIGION, LAW, AND LIBERTY, / WERE RESTORED, MAINTAINED, AND TRANSMITTED / TO POSTERITY, / UNDER THE JUST GOVERNMENT OF PATRIOTIC PRINCES / OF THE BRUNSWICK LINE; / AND THE YOKE OF SLAVERY, / INTENDED BY THE FRENCH FOR THE WHOLE OF EUROPE, / WAS AVERTED: / THIS MONUMENT OF HIS IMMORTAL DESERTS, / IN THE XXXIII YEAR AFTER HIS DECEASE, / BEING ACCEPTED,WITH THE HIGHEST APPROBATION, / BY THE MAGISTRATES AND PEOPLE OF GLASGOW, / WAS ERECTED BY HER ACTIVE AND FAITHFUL CITIZEN, / JAMES MACRAE, / LATE GOVERNOR OF THE PRESIDENCY OF MADRAS. / MDCCXXXV.