The 33 feet 10 m piece was commissioned to replace an earlier and similar but slightly smaller work horse at water xv this was installed at the same site temporarily but then moved to daylesford gloucestershire the home of sir anthony and lady carole.
Marble arch sculpture.
Twenty elephant calf sculptures are modeled after real orphaned baby elephants currently in the care of sheldrick wildlife trust.
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.
Have you ever taken a closer look at marble arch and its sculpture and wondered what it all means and what s it made of.
For me this made the visit to marble arch worthwhile.
The calf sculptures are modelled on orphaned baby elephants in the care of sheldrick wildlife trust highlighting the issue of the wider tragedy when one mother elephant is killed by poachers for her tusks which here are highlighted in blue.
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.
It stood near the site of what is today the three bayed central projection of the palace containing the well known balcony.
This was the first time marble had been used in this way on any british building.
The whole arch is clad in ravaccione a grey white type of carrara marble from italy.
Read on for a detailed tour of all its features.
The orphans a sculptural installation of 21 life size bronze elephants was unveiled at marble arch on 4 december.