Marble Arch Statue

Twenty one bronze life size elephants were unveiled yesterday in london s marble arch by celebrities including stanley johnson and peter egan joined by the sheldrick wildlife trust and 16 local school children to highlight the plight of elephants which face extinction by 2040.

Marble arch statue.

Marble arch north side to oxford street. Under george s auspices nash designed and planned such landmarks as regent s park regent street carlton house terrace much of buckingham palace and marble arch. A bronze sculpture of mongolian warrior genghis khan has been unveiled at marble arch in central london. The sides of marble arch are blank except for three carved wreaths high up.

Nearby is nic fiddian green s impressive statue still water which has now become a feature of the traffic roundabout as much as the original arch but sadly its plinth has graffiti on it and when i was there it was being used as a location for young people having a drinking binge. For me this made the visit to marble arch worthwhile. It stood near the site of what is today the three bayed central projection of the palace containing the well known balcony. Marble arch is a 19th century white marble faced triumphal arch in london england the structure was designed by john nash in 1827 to be the state entrance to the cour d honneur of buckingham palace.

The whole arch is clad in ravaccione a grey white type of carrara marble from italy. North side of the arch. For me this made the visit to marble arch worthwhile. The 16ft tall 5m statue captures the legendary leader wearing mongolian armour on his steed.

John nash famous for the nash terraces of regent s park and much else was the architect working in the 1820s and in 1825 he gave to the sculptor john flaxman the task of designing the sculptural adornment. This was the first time marble had been used in this way on any british building. Still water is a 2011 outdoor bronze sculpture of a horse s head by nic fiddian green located at marble arch in london united kingdom. The 33 feet 10 m piece was commissioned to replace an earlier and similar but slightly smaller work horse at water xv this was installed at the same site temporarily but then moved to daylesford gloucestershire the home of sir anthony and lady carole.

Nearby is nic fiddian green s impressive statue still water which has now become a feature of the traffic roundabout as much as the original arch but sadly its plinth has graffiti on it and when i was there it was being used as a location for young people having a drinking binge. The eight enormous corinthian columns were each cut from a single slab of marble.