"Here likewise are the just dimensions of a Horse Carved in Stone, so lively with such a Colour and Carriage and the shape finisht with that Exactness, that many have Fancyed it, at a distance, a living Animal, than only a bare Representation....These Figures have been Erected not barely for displaying the Statuary’s skill, or gratifying the Curiosity of the Sight, but by their admirable Workmanship were more likely design’d to win upon the Admiration, and thereby gain a kind of Religious Respect from such Heathens as came near them."