Equestrian statue of William III, Bristol

The equestrian statue of William III is a historic statue in the centre of Queen Square in Bristol, England.

[1] The statue of William III by John Michael Rysbrack,[2] cast in 1733 and erected in 1736 to signify Bristol's Whig support of the Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689.

[3] The original plan was to have a statue of George II.

[4] During World War II the statue was moved to Badminton and subsequently restored and returned to the square in 1948.

[4] The bronze statue is on a Portland ashlar pedestal with a moulded plinth and cornice.

Engraving of the statue, published in Chilcott's Descriptive History of Bristol , 1846