William Shakespeare at Leicester Square, London

A statue of William Shakespeare, sculpted by Giovanni Fontana after an original by Peter Scheemakers, has formed the centrepiece of Leicester Square Gardens, London, since 1874. The marble figure, copied from Scheemakers' 18th-century monument to Shakespeare in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, stands on a pedestal flanked by dolphins at the centre of a fountain. It is the result of improvements to the gardens made by the financier Albert Grant, who bought the Square in 1874 and had it refurbished to a design by James Knowles. The scroll held by Shakespeare is inscribed with a quotation from Twelfth Night (Act IV, Scene II), THERE IS NO DARKNESS BUT IGNORANCE, where the original in Poets' Corner has a misquoted passage from The Tempest. The Leicester Square statue also differs from its model in omitting reliefs of Henry V, Richard III and Elizabeth I, from the plinth on which Shakespeare rests. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.由乔瓦尼·丰塔纳（Giovanni Fontana）根据彼得·斯克迈克斯（Peter Scheemakers）的原作雕刻的威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare）雕像，自1874年起便成为伦敦莱斯特广场花园（Leicester Square Gardens）的核心景观。 这座复刻自斯克迈克斯18世纪立于威斯敏斯特教堂诗人角（Poets' Corner）的莎士比亚纪念碑的大理石雕像，坐落于喷泉中央的基座之上，基座两侧装饰有海豚造型。该雕像源于金融家阿尔伯特·格兰特（Albert Grant）对该花园的改造工程：格兰特于1874年收购莱斯特广场后，委托詹姆斯·诺尔斯（James Knowles）设计方案对广场进行翻新。 莎士比亚手持的卷轴上刻有出自《第十二夜》（Twelfth Night）第四幕第二场的台词“除了愚昧与无知，再无黑暗”（THERE IS NO DARKNESS BUT IGNORANCE），而诗人角的原作刻的却是误引的《暴风雨》（The Tempest）段落。此外，莱斯特广场的这座雕像与原作模型的另一处差异在于，其基座未复刻亨利五世（Henry V）、理查三世（Richard III）与伊丽莎白一世（Elizabeth I）的浮雕。 该作品是“扫描世界”（Scan The World）项目的组成部分。“扫描世界”是MyMiniFactory推出的非营利性公益计划，旨在打造全球范围内可供公众免费获取的、完全支持3D打印的雕塑、艺术品与地标建筑数字档案库。本项目为开源社区协作项目，若您身边有值得收录的藏品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。