Stirrup Charge
Lady Feodora Georgina Maud Gleichen (London 1861 - London 1922)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1914
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
253 mm (H)356 mm (L)203 mm (W)
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Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1297765
Summary
A bronze statue of an equestrian group, by Lady Feodora Von Gleichen (1861-1922), signed and dated 1914. Inspired by a painting by Richard Caton Woodville featured in the Illustrated London News in September 1914, depicting a mythical 'Stirrup Charge' by the Scots Greys and Black Watch at St. Quentin, 1914. The bronze sculpture depicts a cavalry officer in 1st World War uniform on horseback at the charge with a kilted Highlander hanging on to his stirrup leather, mounted on a rocky plateau base.
Provenance
Egerton collection devised to the National Trust in 1960 by Maurice, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958)
Marks and inscriptions
Feodora Gleichen / 1914 (signed and dated on base)
Makers and roles
Lady Feodora Georgina Maud Gleichen (London 1861 - London 1922), sculptor