As a shot of a statue goes I find this is quite nice but also quite average if you know what I mean. Composition pretty much is a statue squarely centred. The camera angle does give the impression that he's large and towering above though so that's nice.
I wonder if including the base with his name on it might have been a stronger choice.
Failing that I think zooming or cropping in to around his knees would have had the effect of losing the blown out legs and making more of a feature out of his face seeing as this is about the man in this case. I'm using the thinking ... "What do I want this photo to say?" ... when I say this.
Exposure wise it looks really good considering the bright light you took this in. I wonder if a touch of fill flash might have helped a bit to soften the shadows?
Also, looking at the tones here and the slightly blown out bits on his legs (totally understandable and probably unavoidable in a single exposure) I wonder if this wouldn't convert really nicely to a B&W shot which might help to put him in context with the timeline he's from.
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