3-003-761 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Silver statuette of William the Taciturn, a prize for the forthcoming international steeplechase at Baden-Baden, 1861. 'To the sum of 300 fredericks offered by several sportsmen at Baden will be added an object of art presented by his Majesty the King of the Netherlands and his Highness the Duke of Nassau. The value of this special prize, the offering of Royalty, is estimated at 20,000f. (£800), so that the stake will altogether be worth about £1060, The work of art in question is a reduction in silver of the celebrated statue of William I. of Nassau, Prince of Orange, surnamed the Taciturn, the first Stadtholder. Its execution has been confided to the firm of Hunt and Roskell, of Bondstreet, London. The original statue is by the Count de Nieuwerkerke, the Director of the Pine Arts in France, and ornaments the Place Royale at the Hague'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.