Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)
Earl Haig (1861–1928)

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Haig is represented in Field Marshal’s uniform beneath an open greatcoat. He looks straight ahead and carries in his left hand a rolled-up document. The folds of his great coat are treated in a stylised fashion and these provide continuity between the naturalistic portrait and the monumental charger on which he is seated. The horse’s hind legs are static and arched, whereas the right front leg is raised as if pawing the ground. The horse is reined in so close that its profile is almost vertical, and it appears to be champing at the bit. The horse stands on a wedge-shaped bronze base, higher at the front, where it ends in a Greek scroll, than at the back. The pedestal is square at the front but rounded at the back. To the front is a small stone platform for the laying of wreaths.
Title

Earl Haig (1861–1928)

Medium

bronze & Portland stone

Measurements

H 420 x W 380 x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 315 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

SW1A_TJ_S034

Work type

Statue

Custodian

English Heritage

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

10th November 1937

Listing date

05/02/70

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

Alfred Hardiman 1936

Inscription description

on front of plinth: FIELD MARSHAL / EARL HAIG / COMMANDER AND CHIEF / OF THE BRITISH ARMIES / IN FRANCE / 1915 – 1918; on rear of plinth: ERECTED BY PARLIAMENT

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