Statue of Andromeda at Melbourne Hall gardens
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Statue of Andromeda at Melbourne Hall gardens
Image: © Trevor Rickard Taken: 11 Aug 2012
A Grade I Listed stone and lead life-size statue of around 1700 by Flemish sculptor Jan van Nost. Andromeda is leaning against a rock to which she is chained. One of several statues incorporated into the French-style gardens designed by London and Wise for Thomas Coke. The height of fashion at the time as these designers also worked for Queen Anne.
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Image Location
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52.821298
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-1.420188