Focus on this artwork and explain the History.
The statue commemorates the Coronation of King Edward VII, which took place on 9 August 1902.  Edward VII acceded to the throne following the death of his mother, Queen Victoria on 22 January 1901.  In March 1902 the Member of Parliament for Bootle, Colonel Thomas Myles Sandys offered to give a statue of the king to the borough.  This would be a copy of statues made for other locations by George Wade, who was a personal friend.  The borough council accepted the offer, but a long negotiation took place on its location.  It was finally agreed to place it in King's Gardens, on land that had been donated to the council by Lord Derby also to commemorate the coronation.  The statue was made in the foundry of J. W. Singer and Company, and the builder was G. Woods and Son of Bootle.  The statue was unveiled on 18 July 1904 by Lady Derby on the same day that King's Gardens were opened.  In 2010 the statue was damaged by vandals, and was repaired and restored by the National Conservation Centre in Liverpool.
Colonel Thomas Myles Sandys Lord Derby Edward VII Liverpool Bootle National Conservation Centre Coronation of King Edward VII Queen Victoria George Wade