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The MGM's "Grand Lion," created in 1997, is 45 feet tall, 50 feet wide and weighs 50 tons. It is said to be the largest bronze lion sculpture monument in the Western Hemisphere.   Johnson's other works include a bronze statue at the Stratosphere Tower and a massive horse and chariot at Caesars Gauteng, South Africa. Back to the lions … on April 28th, 1912 — 13 days after Titanic went to the bottom of the Atlantic — an article in The Washington Post stated that the lions had been successfully put in place after the memorial had been under construction for eight years. Eight years and only the lions were in place! Below is an excerpt from the piece. Little was hooked. The entirely self-taught artist says he was a practical farm boy who could turn his hand to anything.   “So when it came to expressing myself artistically, becoming a sculptor was a natural fit.” When the idea of the enormous lion was floated between him, Ceawlin Thynn – the Viscount of Weymouth and chairman of Longleat Enterprises – and a mutual friend, Little quickly recognised it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.