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Talk:Equestrian statue of Thomas Munro

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"Stirrupless majesty"

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I suspect the reason for the absence of stirrups or saddle is neither oversight nor Munro's propensity for bareback riding, but sculptural convention: a visual reference to the famous equestrian statue of emperor Marcus Aurelius on the Capitoline Hill in Rome.

Michael Kaplan83.104.58.67 (talk) 07:47, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]