Field Visit
Date 20 March 2002
Event ID 613842
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613842
Bronze statue of the 4th Earl of Hopetoun 'in Roman costume leaning on a pawing charger' (1.). The 4th Earl has a sword in his left hand and rests his right hand, holding the horse's reins, on the horse's withers. The horse has its head down and its off hind hoof raised. At each end of the pedestal (N + S) is a coat of arms within a wreath - a shield decorated with a chevron (centre), 2 circles (top) and 1 circle (bottom). Above the shield is a crown.
Sir John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, colonel of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders. Succeeded to the command of the British army after the death of Sir John Moore at Corunna.
Inspected By : T.S
Inscriptions : On W. face of pedestal, in raised letters ;
TO
JOHN, FOURTH EARL OF HOPETOUN,
ERECTED BY THE GRATITUDE OF HIS COUNTRYMEN,
WHO LOVED AND REVERENCED IN HIS PERSON THE ASSEMBLED VIRTUES
OF DISTANT PERIODS OF HISTORY,
THE UNSHAKEN PATRIOTISM OF THE ANCIENT ROMAN,
THE SPIRIT OF HONOUR, AND GENTLENESS, AND COURTESY
PROPER TO THE AGE OF CHIVALRY,
TOGETHER WITH SKILL IN THE ART OF WAR,
WORTHY OF THE COMPANION OF
ABERCROMIE, MOORE AND WELLINGTON.
On E. side of the pedestal, in raised letters:
MEMORIAE SACRUM
JOANNIS COMITIS DE HOPETOUN QUARTI
IN QUO UNO ENITUERUNT DIVERSISSIMORUM TEMPORUM VIRTUTES
MIRABILITER CONIUNCTAE
UT NEQUE PRISCUM CIVEM ROMANUM AMOR PATRIAE ET CONSTANTIA
NEQUE NOBILEM INFERIORIS AEVI MILITEM
MORUM COMITAS ET GRATIA ET INTEMERATA FIDES
MAGIS DISTINGUERENT
NEQUE DEESSET PORRO EGREGIA BELLICAE ARTIS NOSTRE PERITIA
WELLINGTON COMMILITONE AC SOCIO HAUD INDIGNA
VIRUM TOT NOMINIBUS CARUM SCOTI SUI
DESIDERIO AC REVERENTIA PROSEQUENTES
M.P.C.
Signatures : At bottom of W. side of pedestal in incised letters:
THOS. CAMPBELL / SCULPT.
Design period : 1824-1829
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1376)
