John Belcher (1841–1913) – IMS Photography https://ims.photography Ian Malpass-Scott Sun, 31 Aug 2025 13:35:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Statue of the Duke of Cambridge https://ims.photography/2025/04/10/statue-of-the-duke-of-cambridge/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:17:00 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=1989 The Duke is represented on horseback as Commander-in-Chief, wearing his Field Marshal’s uniform, with the Orders of the Garter, St Patrick, St Michael and St George, and the Bath, together with the Jubilee, Coronation, Crimean, and French and Turkish medals. His baton is copied from the baton presented by William IV to the Duke’s father. The elegant neo-baroque pedestal is curved at front and back, where it bears low-relief full-length figures: at the front a soldier of the 17th Lancers, at the back a Grenadier Guard.

Object description
Type: Monument > Statue
Location: Whitehall, London SW1
Material: Bronze, Dartmoor Granite
Artist: A. B. Burton (active 1874–1939), Adrian Jones (1845–1938), John Belcher (1841–1913)
Date: 1905-07
Listed: Grade II

Image details
Date: 10 April 2025
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 30mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.2
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
ISO: 400
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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