Adrian Jones was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses. He was born in Ludlow

Ludlow

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, Shropshire

Shropshire

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, attending the grammar school there, and initially studied at the Royal Veterinary College; he subsequently joined the army as a veterinary officer, attaining the rank of Captain. It was after leaving the army in 1891 that he embarked on his full-time artistic career, although he had previously painted and sculpted many works.

His best-known work is probably the sculpture Peace in her Quadriga

Quadriga

A quadriga is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast . It was raced in the Ancient Olympic Games and other contests. It is represented in profile as the chariot of gods and heroes on Greek vases and in bas-relief. The quadriga was adopted in ancient Roman chariot racing...

, which surmounts the Wellington Arch

Wellington Arch

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 at Hyde Park Corner

Hyde Park Corner

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, London

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. (This replaced a statue of the Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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 on horseback, which is now at Aldershot

Aldershot

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.) It was created as a memorial for Edward VII, and was placed on public view in 1912. There are several other sculptures by him in London; works to be seen elsewhere include Duncan's Horses, currently at the Royal Veterinary College, and the Boer War memorial

South African War Memorial (South Australia)

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 at Adelaide

Adelaide

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, Australia

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. His bronze of Redvers Henry Buller astride his war horse was erected in Exeter in 1905.