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Title
General de San Martin (1778–1850)
Date
1993
Medium
bronze & Portland stone
Accession number
SW1X_TJ_S006
Work type
Statue
Custodian
English Heritage
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
2nd November 1994
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
JUAN CARLOS FERRARO / BUENO ARIES 1993
Inscription description
on front of plinth: GENERAL DON JOSE DE / SAN MARTIN / 1778 -1850 / FOUNDER OF THE / ARGENTINE INDEPENDENCE / HE ALSO GAVE FREEDOM / TO CHILE AND PERU; on a silver plaque set in the ground: EL JEFE DEL REGIMIENTO DE GRANADEROS A CABALLO / GRL.SAN MARTIN / SUS JEFES (?) OFICIALES SUBOFICIALES, Y SOLDADOS / DE ESTE HISTORICO CUERPO. A SU CREADOR Y LIBERATADOR DE AMERICA EN EL SESQUICENTENARIO DE SE FALLECIMIENTO / LONDRES 17 OE AGOSTO DE 2000 ANO DELPADRE DE LA PATRIA / GRL. DON JOSE DE SAN MARTIN; slate plaque set in the ground: THIS MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED BY H.R.H. DUKE OF EDINBURGH K.G KT IN THE PRESENCE OF / SENATOR EDUADO MENEM / THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONORABLE SENATE OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC / COUNCILLOR ANGELA HOOPER cbe / THE LORD MAYOR OF WESTMINSTER / THE RIGHT HONORABLE DOUGLAS HURD MBE, MP / THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS AND H.E.AMBASSADOR MARCO CAMPORA / NOVEMBER 2ND 1994
