BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Edmund Burke Statue

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. BURKE_160406_19.JPG: Burke 1729-1797 "Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom."
2. BURKE_160406_22.JPG: I. Harvard Thomas Fecit MDCCCXCIV Cast a cire perove H.H. Marty N & Co Ltd Cheltenham, 1922
3. BURKE_160406_29.JPG: This statue, a copy of the work of Havard Thomas in the city of Bristol England, was presented through the Sulgrave Institution to the people of America by Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield Baronet, formerly Lord Mayor of London. Erected AD 1922.
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Wikipedia Description: Edmund Burke (Thomas)
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Edmund Burke is a bronze full length statue of Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher Edmund Burke by British artist James Havard Thomas. The original is in Bristol, England, with a second cast on Massachusetts Avenue at 11th and "L" Streets, NW, in Washington, D.C., United States.

Description

The full length sculpture of Burke depicts him stepping forward with his right leg. He is waving his right hand, and in his left hand he holds a three-cornered hat at his side. He wears a long jacket, a vest, and breeches. His hair curls up just above his ears and is parted down the middle. The sculpture sits upon a rectangular granite base (H. 72 in. x 92 in.). The sculpture is signed: I. HAVARD THOMAS FECIT MDCCCXCIV CAST � CIRE PERDVE H.H. MARTYN & Co. Ltd. Cheltenham 1922.

The front (east) side of the base is inscribed with:

BVRKE
1729–1797
"MAGNANIMITY
IN POLITICS IS
NOT SELDOM THE
TRVEST WISDOM"

The west side of the base is inscribed with:

THIS STATVE
A COPY OF THE WORK
OF HAVARD THOMAS IN
THE CITY OF BRISTOL
ENGLAND WAS PRESENT–
ED THROVGH THE SVL–
GRAVE INSTITVTION TO
THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA
BY SIR CHARLES CHEERS
WAKEFIELD BARONET
FORMERLY LORD MAYOR
OF LONDON
ERECTED A.D. 1922

About the Washington DC statue

The Washington, D.C., sculpture is a cast of the original which is on display in Bristol, England. Cast by H.H. Martyn & Company, the sculpture was presented to the United States by Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield, former Lord Mayor of London. It was dedicated on October 12, 1922.

In September 1922, Frederick D. Owen built a temporary base for the sculpture, which was moved during courthouse renovations in 1922–1923. The permanent base, built in June 1923, was built by Horace W. Peaslee, with stonework by New England Granite Works.

As part of American Revolution Statuary in Washington, D.C. the statue has been listed on the National ...More...
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