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Catalogue reference: WORK 20/98
This record is about the Statue ?Achilles?, Hyde Park dating from 1824-1920 in the series Office of Works and successors: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Statue ‘Achilles’, Hyde Park
The statue representing Achilles, by Richard Westmacott, 1822, was cast in iron from French cannons captured during the Napoleonic Wars. It was funded by subscription; the inscription on the base records that it was erected in commemoration of the Duke of Wellington and his ?brave companions in arms? by ?their countrywomen?.
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Office of Works and successors: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files
Statue ?Achilles?, Hyde Park
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