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''Boadicea and Her Daughters'' is a bronze sculptural group in London, located to the north side of the western end of Westminster Bridge, near Portcullis House and Westminster Pier, facing Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster across the road. It is considered the ''magnum opus'' of its sculptor, the English artist and engineer Thomas Thornycroft. Thornycroft worked on it from 1856 until shortly before his death in 1885, sometimes assisted by his son William Hamo Thornycroft, but it was not erected in its current position until 1902. The statue portrays Boudica, Queen of the Iceni tribe of Britons, accompanied by her two daughters, mounted on a scythed chariot drawn by two rearing horses. The chariot is based on Roman models, not native British or Iceni models, and has a scythe blade attached to each wheel. Boudica stands upright, in a flowing gown, with a spear in her right hand and her left hand raised. Her daughters with bared breasts crouch in the chariot, one to either side of their mother. None of them is holding any reins to control the horses. The statue was commissioned in the 1850s, after Thornycroft made an equestrian statue of Queen Victoria which was exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851. The statue was praised by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and they were involved with Thornycroft's new project. Albert intended the monumental statue to be erected over the central arch of Decimus Burton's entrance to Hyde Park, and asked Thornycroft to make a "throne upon wheels". Parallels were drawn between the Victoria and Boudica, whose name also means "victory". Albert lent two horses as models, and the statue of Boudica bears some resemblance to a young Queen Victoria. Albert died in 1861 before the statue was completed. Thornycroft completed a full size model of the work before his death in 1885, but there was no funding for it to be cast in bronze. An earthwork known as "Boadicea's Grave" on the north side of Parliament Hill was excavated in 1894, although no grave was found, but Thornycroft's son, John Isaac Thornycroft suggested the site would be appropriate for the location of his father's long-delayed monumental statue, but £6,000 for the casting in bronze was still not available. A committee was formed to raise funds by subscription. The necessary monies were raised by 1898, and the statue was cast by the founder JW Singer & Sons in Frome for just £2,000, although there was still no site for it to be erected. Thorneycroft's statue was not installed until 1902, more than 17 years after Thornycroft's death. It was erected at Westminster Pier in June 1902, mounted on a large granite plinth by Thomas Graham Jackson. Inscriptions were added to the plinth in 1903; that on the front of the plinth reads . The right side of the plinth contains an inscription with text from William Cowper's poem ''Boadicea, an ode'' (1782): . An inscription on the plinth's left side reads, .〔 The statue is located in a busy position, with traffic from the Embankment and many pedestrian tourists passing from the Westminster Abbey, Parliament Square and Whitehall to the west over the bridge past the South Bank Lion towards County Hall, the London Eye, and Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank. Its plinth is often obscured behind a souvenir stall. It became a Grade II listed building in 1958. File:The Elizabeth Tower.png|The statue is close to the Houses of Parliament File:Boudica (alun).jpg|Beside a busy footpath ==References== ; Specific ; General * (BOADICEA (BOUDICCA) STATUARY GROUP ), National Heritage List for England, Historic England * (Boudica ), Vanessa Collingridge, Random House, 2012, ISBN 1446445011, p.370-375 * (Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen ), Richard Hingley, Christina Unwin, A&C Black, 2006, ISBN 0826440606, p.162-165 * (The queen of British hearts ), The Telegraph, 13 March 2005 * (Images of Women in Peace and War: Cross-cultural and Historical Perspectives ), Sharon Macdonald, Pat Holden, Shirley Ardener, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1988, ISBN 0299117642, p.53-55 * ], Thomas Thornycroft, Compiled by L. Priddle, 1902 * (Title Warrior Queens: Boadicea's Chariot ), Antonia Fraser, Hachette UK, 2011, ISBN 1780220707, p.196-197 * The Historical Journal / Volume 57 / Issue 02 / June 2014, pp 485-508 * http://footprintsoflondon.com/2015/04/bare-breasted-on-westminster-bridge/ * http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/boadicea-boudicca 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boadicea and Her Daughters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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