CO129-581-8 Centenary anniversary of Colony of Hong Kong- proposed statue of George VI 4-3-1939 - 5-4-1940 — Page 16

COPY OF LETTER.

FROM:

Gilbert Ledward, R.A.

1, Pembroke Walk Studios,

Kensington, W.8.

Crown Agents for the Colonies.

TO:

The Chief Engineer,

DATED:

25th April, 1939.

Sir,

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Hong Kong 8508.

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Thank you for your letter of the 24th April, 1939, with reference to the proposed statue of His Majesty King George VI.

I should be very pleased to undertake the work and should, of course consider it a very great honour to execute such a commission. In order to make certain of completing it in time for erection in November or December, 1940, it would be essential to prepare the design and sketch model for the approval of the Hong Kong Government at the

earliest possible date.

I should require the plan of the site, showing the proposed position of the memorial and I should also be glad to have a definite decision as to whether the King is to be represented in (1) the Coronation Robes or (2) the Robes of State as worn at the opening of Parliament. In both cases the Imperial Crown would be worn but the Robes, though similar, are not identical in appearance and I would suggest that the latter would probably be the more suitable, with the Admiral's uniform underneath instead of the vestments worn with the

Coronation Robes.

My estimate of the cost of providing the statue (not less than 9'4" in height) and the inscription tablet in bronze, packed F.0.B. London, together with the sketch model for the complete memorial and all necessary working drawings is £3,000 (three thousand pounds).

For your information regarding the Robes, I enclose photographs of the clay model of the statue of King George V for Uganda, which show the Robes of State and Imperial Crown as worn at the opening of Parliament, but in the case of the proposed statue of King George VI

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