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{{Short description|1913 statue by Charles L. Hartwell in Larut, Matang and Selama, Perak, Malaysia}}
{{Infobox artwork
| title = Statue of Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker
| image = Muzium_Perak_1.jpg
| artist = [[Charles Leonard Hartwell]]
| year = 1913
| medium = Bronze statue
| subject = [[Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker]]
| museum = [[Perak Museum]]
| italic title = italic title changed to no
}}
The '''statue of Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker''' [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] (13 May 1850 – 16 May 1917) is situated outside [[Perak Museum]], Jalan Taming Sari, [[Taiping, Perak|Taiping]], [[Perak]], [[Malaysia]].
== History ==
[[Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker]] was a British colonial administrator who entered the service of the [[Federated Malay States]] in 1879 as acting commissioner of the Perak Armed Police. In 1884 he was appointed commandant of the 1st Perak Sikhs, and in 1896 was employed as commandant of the [[Malay States Guides]], a regiment which he raised and commanded until his retirement in 1910. He was also British Resident, [[Selangor]] in 1899, and British Resident, Perak in 1900.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arnold Wright, H. A. Cartwright |title=Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources |publisher=Lloyd's Greater Britain publishing Company, limited. |year=1908 |pages=589 |url=https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=sea233#mode/1up |via=reader.library.cornell.edu}}</ref>
The statue was first suggested by E. W. Birch, British Resident of Perak, in 1909, as a memorial to Walker who had announced his intention to retire the following year after 30 years' service. A memorial fund was established for the purpose, and contributors included the Sultans of Perak and [[Johor]], wealthy Chinese businessmen in Perak, members of the regiment, and his friends and acquaintances.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 December 1909 |title=THE WALKER MEMORIAL. |pages=4 |work=Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19091208-1.2.18?qt=statue,%20frowd,%20walker,%20perak&q=Statue%20frowd%20walker%20perak}}</ref>
English sculptor [[Charles Leonard Hartwell|Charles L. Hartwell]] was commissioned to create the statue and a model of the proposed statue was exhibited in the [[Royal Academy of Arts|Royal Academy]], London in 1912.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 June 1912 |title=Untitled |pages=8 |work=The Straits Times |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19120603-1.2.40?qt=statue,%20frowd,%20walker,%20perak&q=Statue%20frowd%20walker%20perak}}</ref> Casting was carried out by Messrs. J. W. Singer & Sons, London.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1 October 1913 |title=A POPULAR GUIDES COMMANDER. |pages=6 |work=Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19131001-1.2.14?qt=statue,%20frowd,%20walker,%20perak&q=Statue%20frowd%20walker%20perak}}</ref>
The following year, the statue was erected in Taiping, in the barracks of the Malay State Guides which he had created and commanded, and unveiled on 30 September 1913 by the Sultan of Perak in the presence of the British Resident of Perak, R. G. Watson and members of the regiment. Later, the statue was moved outside the Perak Museum.<ref name=":0" />
== Description ==
The bronze statue shows Walker in the uniform of the regiment of the Malay States Guides wearing the Order of the C.M.G, bareheaded, holding his helmet in his right hand. Two bronze memorial plaques on the pedestal were inscribed with a description of his career, and names of the principal donors.<ref name=":0" />
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