Marble Arch Elephant Statue

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Marble arch elephant statue. The work is known as the orphans sculpture or alternatively the elephants of tomorrow and its billed as the largest wildlife sculpture of its kind in the world. In 1851 on the initiative of architect and urban planner decimus. It stood near the site of what is today the three bayed central projection of the palace containing the well known balcony. Don t worry there hasn t been a break out from london zoo these 20 baby elephants and one mother elephant camped out on marble arch lawn are a sculpture installation creating awareness of.

London s marble arch is now home to 21 life size bronze elephants to highlight the plight of a species which could face extinction by 2040. Marble arch is a 19th century white marble faced triumphal arch in london england the structure was designed by john nash in 1827 to be the state entrance to the cour d honneur of buckingham palace. The orphans a sculptural installation of 21 life size bronze elephants was unveiled at marble arch on 4 december. The 21 life size elephants the largest elephant herd sculpture in the world have been created by artists gillie and marc schattner and will sit by the famous london landmark for one year.

0 01 mi the marble arch london 0 03 mi the montcalm london marble arch 0 03 mi rose court hotel 0 03 mi marble arch rooms and apartments 0 04 mi luxury flat in marble arch. The sculpture is the largest such depiction of an elephant herd in the world and is intended to draw attention to the plight of this species that could be extinct on current trends by 2040. That they are bronze and immobile is hardly the point. Here is a sneak preview of elephant sculptures set to be unveiled outside marble arch next week.

The orphans is a sculpture exhibit featuring 21 life size bronze elephants a mother and 20 orphaned elephants each orphan symbolises a real elephant currently in the care of the swt displayed in the centre of marble arch london from 4th december 2019 for one year created and funded by internationally acclaimed artists gillie and marc the sculpture aims to raise funds and awareness for. Each sculpture includes the name of the orphaned calf they represent and their sad backstory. Twenty elephant calf sculptures are modeled after real orphaned baby elephants currently in the care of sheldrick wildlife trust. A series of 21 different sized elephants will placed in the square and the traffic islands by the famous arch.

Twenty one bronze life size elephants were unveiled yesterday in london s marble arch by celebrities including stanley johnson and peter egan joined by the sheldrick wildlife trust and 16 local school children to highlight the plight of elephants which face extinction by 2040. On december 4th a giant collection of sculptures is coming to marble arch.