3-021-374 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Statue of Prince Eugène at Vienna, 1865. 'The inhabitants of the Austrian capital were gratified with a splendid festival on Oct. 18, when the Emperor and Empress presided at the inauguration of the bronze statue of Prince Eugène of Savoy, the famous military commander, who led the armies of the Empire, in alliance with the English under the Duke of Marlborough, during the war against Louis XIV...His Majesty is said to have expressed to M. von Fernkorn, the sculptor, his perfect satisfaction with it; but it is not considered so good as that of the late Archduke Charles, a companion statue erected in the Burg Platz some years ago. The figure of Prince Eugène, who was really a small, spare man, has been made too bulky and massive; and the horse's tail has been pronounced quite monstrous. The pedestal, on which are several inscriptions, is very elegant. Among them are the words Hochstadt (Blenheim), Malplaquet, and Oudenarde, at which places Prince Eugène fought side by side with the Duke of Marlborough'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.