Explore the Description of this artwork, Statue of Edward VII, Bootle.
The statue consists of a bronze figure standing on a granite pedestal.  The figure is about 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) high and the pedestal is about 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) in height.  The figure depicts Edward VII in the uniform of a field marshal, also wearing a cloak and with a crown on his head.  In his left hand he is holding the orb, and cradled in his right arm is the sceptre.  The pedestal stands on four octagonal steps.  It is square with four angular fluted pilasters.  On each side are inscribed panels; the inscriptions are weathered and illegible.  Above the panels is a cornice with egg and dart moulding.
egg and dart pilaster granite field marshal moulding orb cornice Edward VII pedestal fluted sceptre