The man on a horse
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The man on a horse by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
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The man on a horse
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 18 Oct 2022
A close look at the statue of the Third Marquess of Londonderry Image The statue was commissioned by The Third Marquess's widow Lady Frances Anne Vane-Tempest, to honour her husbands service to the county of Durham. By 1858 the memorial committee had received £2000 pounds and recommended a double life size equestrian statue by Milanese sculptor Raffaelle Monti (1818-1881), now resident in London. The statue was cast in c.1858 and it is considered to be the largest ever piece produced using the electro-plating process. The casting is thought to have been carried out by the London Firm Elkington & Co, who were awarded the first electro-plating patents in 1840, and by the mid-C19 were established as the leading silver and electroplate company in the world. This was a relatively new process in which pure copper was built up on moulds using electro plating which enabled greater detailing to be used.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.776852
Longitude
-1.575715