Massive majestic 13 ton white lion sculpture stands high on a plinth proudly in bright sunshine on Westminster Bridge, London
The Coade Lion, Westminster Bridge. William Frederick Woodington (1806-1893). 1837. high x long; plinth: high x wide x long . The South Bank Lion, also known as the Red Lion, is a Coade stone sculpture of a standing male lion which was cast in 1837. White majestic statue of lion on pedestal on the East side of Westminster Bridge, Central London, England, UK Coade Stone was an artificial stone popular during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, especially durable in the form produced at Mrs Eleanor Coade's factory in Lambeth. A kind of ceramic which required lengthy firing at a very high temperature (see "Mrs Coade's Stone"), it was used, for example, for Flaxman's work on the front of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1809. This lion, made at the Coade factory and originally painted red, once crowned the parapet above the Thames frontage of the Lion Brewery beside the Hungerford Bridge. Coade stone or Lithodipyra (Ancient Greek (λίθος/δίς/πυρά), "stone fired twice") was stoneware that was often described as an artificial stone in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was used for moulding Neoclassical statues, architectural decorations and garden ornaments that were both of the highest quality and remain virtually weatherproof today.
Size: 5052px × 3361px
Location: Westminster Bridge, Central London, London, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Kirsty McLaren / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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