Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman
Cloaked Horseman

© the artist. Image credit: Paul Francis / Art UK

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This free-standing equestrian statue is placed in the centre of a slight circular mound, paved with granite setts. The bare-headed horseman is without stirrups, bridle or saddle and he gazes towards St John’s Gate at the bottom of Broad Street. This fine archway is Bristol’s only surviving medieval gateway, and the statue is carefully aligned to suggest that the traveller is about to enter the city.
Title

Cloaked Horseman

Date

1984 or before

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 230 x W 200 x D (?) cm

Accession number

BS1_PF_S010

Acquisition method

commissioned by the developers of the St Bartholomew’s office block

Work type

Statue

Owner

Bristol City Council

Custodian

Bristol City Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

signature on the horse’s rear right leg: Backhouse / 1/3 / 1984

Inscription description

inscription on a metal plaque: CLOAKED HORSEMAN / BY / DAVID BACKHOUSE / COMMISSIONED BY HASLEMERE ESTATES / AND PRESENTED BY THEM / TO THE CITY OF BRISTOL IN 1984

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Located at

Lewin’s Mead, Bristol City

BS1 2NH

Situated outside St Bartholomew Offices.