The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 844

Equestrian statue of King William III, outside the Bank of Ireland, Dublin

Object details

Image size: h 9.7cm x w 7.3cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (LA3286; 00383)

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 1(313)

Collection: Talbot Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 844

Equestrian statue of King William III, outside the Bank of Ireland, Dublin

Location: Dublin

Keywords: Sculpture Architecture Ireland

The statue of King William III (also known as William of Orange) is by Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721). It was erected on College Green in Dublin in 1701. Badly damaged in the early hours of Armistice Day, 11th November 1928, it was eventually removed in 1929.