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Achilles by Richard Westmacott (1822)
The Wellington Monument at Hyde Park Corner, London.
The citation on the plinth reads
- To Arthur Duke of Wellington
- and his brave companions in arms
- this statue of achilles
- cast from canon taken in the victories
- of Salamanca, Vittoria, Toulouse, and Waterloo
- is inscribed
- by their country women
- Placed on this spot
- on the XVIII day of June MDCCCXXII
- by command of
- His Majesty George IIII.
Keywords: Achilles, statue, monument, Duke of Wellington, Hyde Park London
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