Monarchs - Temple of British Worthies, Stowe Landscape Gardens, Buckinghamshire, UK
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These are the famous monarchs in the Temple of British Worthies.
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Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/08/2009
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Depicted are King William III 'who by his virtue and constancy having saved his country from a foreign master by a bold and generous enterprise preserved the liberty and religion of Great Britain'.
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Queen Elizabeth 'who confounded the projects and destroyed the power'.
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Edward Prince of Wales 'The terror of Europe, the delight of England, who preserved unaltered in the height of glory and and fortune his natural gentleness and modesty.' visit link
King Alfred 'The mildest justest, most beneficent of Kings who drove out the danes and secured the seas, protected learning, established juries, crushed corruption, guarded liberty, and was the founder of the English constitution.' visit link
The temple was designed by William Kent in 1734. Each of the 16 niches contain a bust by Rysbrack and Scheemakers; these are the 4 monarchs from the temple. In the gallery are all the busts with their text appropriately named.