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Self Sacrifice (statue)

Self Sacrifice
The Lady Godiva Statue
The statue from the front. It is made of bronze, now green, and depicts Lady Godiva sat sidesaddle on a horse. She is naked, with her long hair falling over her left breast. The horse (from its perspective) has its front right hoof raised and its head points left. The building behind has a facade of black glass in red frames.
Self Sacrifice in Broadgate, Coventry
Map
52°24′29″N 1°30′37″W / 52.40801°N 1.51041°W / 52.40801; -1.51041
LocationCoventry,
United Kingdom
DesignerSir William Reid Dick
TypeEquestrian statue
MaterialBronze and Portland stone
Beginning date1936
Completion date1949
Opening date1949
Dedicated toLady Godiva and the people of Coventry

Self Sacrifice, better known as the Lady Godiva statue is an equestrian statue of Lady Godiva in Broadgate, Coventry. The statue is bronze, on a plinth of Portland stone.[1]

  1. ^ Historic England. "LADY GODIVA STATUE, Non Civil Parish (1031589)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

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