「ウェリントン公爵騎馬像 (オールダーショット)」の版間の差分

At the time it was the largest [[騎馬像]] in Britain, being {{convert|30|ft|m}} high, {{convert|26|ft|m}} from Copenhagen's nose to tail, and {{convert|22|ft|8|in|m}} in girth. It weighed 40 [[ton]]s.<ref name="Cole1980p90">Cole, 1980. p. 90.</ref> In 1846 the statue was moved with great pageantry from Wyatt's workshop to Hyde Park Corner. It was transported on a huge low carriage that had wheels {{convert|10|ft|m}} in diameter and had been constructed by H.M. Dockyards at Woolwich. The carriage was hauled by a hundred men of the [[Scots Fusilier Guards]]; as it emerged on to the road, it was greeted by enthusiastic cheers from the crowd of sightseers. Twenty-nine horses then drew the carriage to Hyde Park Corner.<ref name="Cole1980p91">Cole, 1980. p. 91.</ref> It took some hours to get the statue into position for hoisting and the final lift and fixing into position on the victory arch was completed the following day.<ref name="Cole1980p92">Cole, 1980. p. 92.</ref>

 

 

When [[Wellington Arch]], also known as "Constitution Arch" or (originally) the "Green Park Arch", was moved in 1882-3 a short distance to its present location on [[Hyde Park Corner]], the statue of the Duke was removed and left in Green Park while its future location was debated. In 1883 the Prince of Wales, the future [[King Edward VII]], suggested that it should be moved to [[Aldershot#Aldershot Military Town|Aldershot Military Town]], "where it will be highly regarded by the Army." Eventually Parliament agreed with his suggestion and the statue was taken to Aldershot for reassembly. Its removal from the arch had been a relief to the many critics who had considered it out of proportion and inappropropriate for such a location.