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Image: Boudicca Statue Westminster Bridge, London (7269500680)

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Description: The bronze statue of Boudica with her daughters in her war chariot (furnished with scythes after the Persian fashion) was commissioned by Prince Albert and executed by Thomas Thornycroft. It was completed in 1905 and stands next to Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, with the following lines from Cowper's poem, referring to the British Empire: Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway.
Title: Boudicca Statue Westminster Bridge, London (7269500680)
Credit: Boudicca Statue: Westminster Bridge, London Uploaded by Marcus Cyron
Author: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany
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