St George in concentration

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St George in concentration
St George on horseback slaying a dragon as part of the Bronze centre gates of Marble Arch.

Largely inspired by the Constantine Arch in Rome; Marble Arch was designed by John Nash after George IV defeated Napolean – as a gate to Buckingham Palace and but in 1832.

When an extension was made to Buckingham Palace it was moved to its location (now a traffic island…) at the junction of Oxford Street; Park Lane and Edgeware Road.

It was also a Police Station at the turn of the 20th Century!

You can see the piece in full on Victorian Web
See this on Flickr, Zooomr, SmugMug, Ipernity.