Boadicea and Her Daughters, Bronze sculptural group at Westminster Bridge, England
Boadicea and Her Daughters is a bronze sculptural group at Westminster Bridge in central London. The queen stands upright in the chariot, flanked by her two daughters, while two rearing horses without reins complete the scene with force.
Thomas Thornycroft worked on the statue from 1856 until his death in 1885, but only his son completed the project following the original models. The installation at the current site took place in 1902, more than forty years after the work began.
The name Boadicea is a Latin form that was common in Victorian England, while Boudicca is now considered more historically accurate. The sculpture shows the queen with a raised spear and her two daughters in the chariot, an image that embodies the British idea of resistance against foreign rule.
The monument stands at the western end of Westminster Bridge near the Westminster Underground station and is freely accessible at all times. The area around the statue is often used by pedestrians and tourists moving between the Thames and the Houses of Parliament.
The horses in the chariot have no reins, an artistic decision meant to emphasize the untamed strength and freedom of the Celtic warrior. The granite plinth carries inscriptions that were only added in 1903 and mention Boudicca's death in the year 61 AD.
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