3-052-478 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Unveiling the statue of Lord Gough in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, 1880. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Chancellor. '...the Dublin equestrian statue of Field Marshal Lord Gough was unveiled by the Duke of Marlborough. The site which it occupies is on the high road through the Phoenix Park...The statue was designed by the late Mr. Foley, R.A., and was finished by his pupil and assistant, Mr. T. Brock. It was cast in bronze by Messrs. Masefield and Co., of Chelsea. The sculptor has made the hero of eighteen great victories live again, as it were, in his enduring work. The statue is 13 ft. 6in. in height, and stands on a pedestal 7 it. 2 in. in height, formed of ten tons of gun-metal. The inscription...is "In honour of Field Marshal Viscount Gough, K.P., G.C.B., K.G., an illustrious Irishman, whose achievements in the Peninsular War, in China, and India have added to the lustre of the military glory of the country, which he faithfully served for seventy-five years, this statue, cast from cannon taken by troops under his command, and granted by Parliament for the purpose, was erected by his friends and admirers"...Sir John Michel, as commanding her Majesty's Army in Ireland...commanded the troops to fire a general salute' From "Illustrated London News", 1880.