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Description: Charles I, Trafalgar Square. Statue of Charles I G.V. I Equestrian statue. Cast 1633, by Hubert Le Sueur, the carved pedestal by Joshua Marshall provided when the statue was erected here (on the site of Eleanor Cross) in 1674-75. Bronze statue and carved Portland stone pedestal. The King is shown in half-armour. This highly influential equestrian statue, the first of its kind in England, was originally commissioned in 1630 by Charles I's Lord Treasurer Sir Richard Weston for his house Mortlake Park, Roehampton. Survey of London; Vols. XVI and XXXVI.
Title: Charles I, Trafalgar Square
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