Field Visit
Date 8 October 2002
Event ID 613772
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Standing bronze sculpture of King Tom, the foundation stallion of Baron Mayer de Rothschild's stud. The horse has his head up and his ears pricked. He stands on a bronze plinth attached to a rectangular pedestal made up of blocks of stone.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : On west side of pedestal (in incised letters):
. KING . TOM .
Signatures : On top of plinth in front of near hind hoof (in incised letters):
BOEHM fecit 1874
On east side of plinth (in incised letters):
YOUNG & CO / ART FOUNDERS / PIMLICO SW.
Design period : 1874
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1162)