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A royal gift hiding in the reeds—did you know this two-ton bronze…

By Francois Joseph Bosio

A royal gift hiding in the reeds—did you know this two-ton bronze… by Francois Joseph Bosio, London
Photo: Fiona Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0

A royal gift hiding in the reeds—did you know this two-ton bronze once graced Windsor Castle? Bosio's 1824 Hercules and Achelous, a Neoclassical showpiece, now lurks quietly in Kew's Botanic Gardens, mythic muscle amid the marsh grass.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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