Statue base for the Gladiator on the north side of the Grecian Valley, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Record ID:  155029 / MNA130499
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Stowe; London and South East
Civil Parish:  Stowe; Aylesbury Vale; Buckinghamshire
Grid Reference:  SP 67650 37939
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Summary

Rubble stone base, statue copy from St Paul's Walden Bury subsequently reintroduced Oct 2017

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Monument Types

  • STATUE (Mid 1760s, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

By 1738 this lead statue stood facing up Pegg's Terrace at the eastern end. It was probably removed in the 1750s to the Grecian Valley from where it was sold as The Athlete. It is a copy of the one in the Louvre, Paris. (1)

Copy of a gladiator at St Paul's Walden Bury was installed on site on 25th October 2017

References

  • SZM57410 - Monograph: Bevington M.. 1994. Stowe - The Gardens and the Park.

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