Jan Smuts statue (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
 statue, monument
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts (24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948. He served in the First World War and as a British field marshal in the Second World War.

This statue in Parliament Square, London, is a work by Sir Jacob Epstein, and was erected in 1956. Jacob Epstein (1880–1959) was an American-born sculptor who worked chiefly in the UK.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Smuts
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Coordinates:   51°30'3"N   -0°7'36"E
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