3-034-823 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Statue of Sir James Outram, Thames Embankment, [London], 1871. 'The bronze statue of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, erected in the gardens of the Thames Embankment...is of heroic size (the figure being 12 ft. in height), and stands upon a pedestal of Aberdeen granite...The General is represented as calmly standing on a battlefield, and looking stedfastly at the work going on under his direction. His right hand leans upon his sword; in his left he holds a telescope; a burst gun, with shattered shot and shell, and a helmet lie at his feet. Mr. Matthew Noble is the sculptor of this statue. The pedestal is adorned at the angles with Indian trophies in bronze. Sir James Outram, who entered the Indian army in 1819, died in 1863, having performed the most valuable services, military and political, first, in the subjugation of the Bheels; next, in the war of Affghanistan; in the affairs of Scinde; in the residency of the Sattara; in the annexation of Oude; and in the relief of Lucknow, with Sir Henry Havelock, during the Sepoy war. At the unveiling of the statue, in August, Lord Halifax, Field-Marshal Sir George Pollock...and other distinguished persons, attended to do honour to Sir James Outram's character, which is worthy of such a monument'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.