List of public art in the City of London

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This is a list of public art in the City of London, including statues, busts, commemorative plaques and other memorials.

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[edit] Aldgate

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor Source Coordinates
Statue Of 'Two Crutched Friars'.jpg Sculpture of two friars Crutched Friars 1984-5 Michael Black 51°30′44″N 0°04′37″W / 51.51220°N 0.07698°W / 51.51220; -0.07698

[edit] Bank

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor Source Coordinates
James Henry Greathead statue by Bank tube station.jpg James Henry Greathead Cornhill 1993–94 James Butler, MBE, RA 51°30′48″N 0°05′17″W / 51.51334°N 0.08803°W / 51.51334; -0.08803
Statue Of The Duke Of Wellington-Royal Exchange-London.jpg Duke of Wellington Royal Exchange Erected 1844 Francis Chantrey

Henry Weekes

 51°30′48″N 0°05′18″W / 51.51347°N 0.08847°W / 51.51347; -0.08847
Soane Bank of England statue.jpg John Soane Lothbury 1930-7 William Reid Dick 51°30′53″N 0°05′21″W / 51.51465°N 0.08912°W / 51.51465; -0.08912
Statue Of Sir Hugh Middleton-Royal Exchange-London.JPG Hugh Myddelton Royal Exchange (Threadneedle Street side) 1844 Samuel Joseph 51°30′50″N 0°05′14″W / 51.51382°N 0.08721°W / 51.51382; -0.08721
Peabody Royal Exchange Statue.jpg George Peabody Royal Exchange Buildings 1869 William Wetmore Story 51°30′50″N 0°05′12″W / 51.51391°N 0.08662°W / 51.51391; -0.08662
WW1 Memorial-St Michael In Cornhill Church-London.JPG World War I memorial St. Michael church, Cornhill 1920 Richard Reginald Goulden 51°30′48″N 0°05′08″W / 51.51328°N 0.08568°W / 51.51328; -0.08568
Sculpture Sea, Chimera & Fire Lombard Street.jpg Three Ladies sculpture: Sea, Chimera & Fire Lombard Street 1914 F. W. Doyle-Jones 51°30′44″N 0°05′12″W / 51.51236°N 0.08663°W / 51.51236; -0.08663
Statue of Paul Reuter in the City of London.jpg Paul Julius Reuter Royal Exchange (rear side) 1976 Michael Black 51°30′49″N 0°05′12″W / 51.51371°N 0.08654°W / 51.51371; -0.08654
WW1 Memorial-Royal Exchange-London.jpg World War I memorial Royal Exchange (entrance) 1919-20 Alfred Drury 51°30′49″N 0°05′17″W / 51.51352°N 0.08811°W / 51.51352; -0.08811
Royal Exchange Avenue location of St Benet Fink.JPG Charity Fountain Royal Exchange Avenue 1879 Jules Dalou 51°30′50″N 0°05′11″W / 51.51391°N 0.08640°W / 51.51391; -0.08640
Statue Of Sir Thomas Gresham-Royal Exchange-London.JPG Thomas Gresham Royal Exchange 1844-5
Statue Of Richard (Dick) Whittington-Royal Exchange-London.JPG Richard Whittington Royal Exchange (Threadneedle Street side) 1844 John Edward Carew 51°30′50″N 0°05′14″W / 51.51379°N 0.08735°W / 51.51379; -0.08735
Statue Of Ariel-Bank Of England-Tivoli Corner-London.JPG Ariel Tivoli Corner, Bank of England 1937 Charles Wheeler 51°30′52″N 0°05′17″W / 51.51456°N 0.08794°W / 51.51456; -0.08794
Statue Of Atlas-King Street-London.JPG Atlas King Street c1894 Farmer & Brindley 51°30′51″N 0°05′32″W / 51.51415°N 0.09226°W / 51.51415; -0.09226

[edit] Blackfriars

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor Source Coordinates
'Temperance' Drinking Fountain.jpg Wills Fountain 'Temperance' Blackfriars station, New Bridge Street 1861 51°30′41″N 0°06′15″W / 51.51126°N 0.10413°W / 51.51126; -0.10413
Sculpture 'Seven Ages Of Man'-Queen Victoria Street-London.jpg Seven Ages of Man Queen Victoria Street 1980 Richard Kindersley 51°30′43″N 0°06′00″W / 51.51187°N 0.10010°W / 51.51187; -0.10010
Statue Of Newton-Old City Of London School-Victoria Embankment-London.JPG Isaac Newton Victoria Embankment by John Carpenter Street 1882 J Daymond and Son [1]
Statue Of Milton-Old City Of London School-Victoria Embankment-London.JPG John Milton Victoria Embankment by John Carpenter Street 1882 J Daymond and Son
Statue Of Bacon-Old City Of London School-Victoria Embankment-London.JPG Francis Bacon Victoria Embankment by John Carpenter Street 1882 J Daymond and Son [1]
Statue Of Shakspeare-Old City Of London School-Victoria Embankment-London.JPG| William Shakespeare Victoria Embankment by John Carpenter Street 1882 J Daymond and Son [1]
Statue Of More-Old City Of London School-Victoria Embankment-London.JPG| Thomas More Victoria Embankment by John Carpenter Street 1882
John Carpenter 1372-1442.JPG John Carpenter City of London School, Queen Victoria Street
The Black Friar PH-Queen Victoria Street-London.JPG The Black Friar New Bridge Street/Queen Victoria Street
Statue Of Queen Victoria-Blackfriars Bridge-London.JPG Queen Victoria Blackfriars Bridge 1896 C. B. Birch [1]
Sculpture 'St.George & The Dragon'-Dorset Rise-London.jpg Saint George and the Dragon Dorset Rise 1988 Michael Sandle 51°30′46″N 0°06′20″W / 51.51282°N 0.10569°W / 51.51282; -0.10569

[edit] Broadgate / Liverpool Street

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor Source Coordinates
Kindertransport-Meisler.jpg Für Das Kind Kindertransport memorial[2] Liverpool Street station 2003 Frank Meisler [3] 51°31′03″N 0°04′57″W / 51.51763°N 0.08261°W / 51.51763; -0.08261
GER memorial Liverpool St.JPG Great Eastern Railway World War I memorial Liverpool Street station 1922 51°31′03″N 0°04′57″W / 51.51763°N 0.08261°W / 51.51763; -0.08261
Memorial To Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.jpg Sir Henry Wilson Liverpool Street station 1922 51°31′03″N 0°04′57″W / 51.51763°N 0.08261°W / 51.51763; -0.08261
Memorial to Captain Charles Fryatt.jpg Charles Fryatt Liverpool Street station 1917 51°31′03″N 0°04′57″W / 51.51763°N 0.08261°W / 51.51763; -0.08261
Sculpture 'Broadgate Venus'-Broadgate-London.JPG Broadgate Venus Exchange Square, Broadgate 1990 Fernando Botero [3] 51°31′11″N 0°04′50″W / 51.51972°N 0.08050°W / 51.51972; -0.08050
Bellerophon Taming Pegasus.jpg Bellerophon Taming Pegasus Broadgate Jacques Lipchitz
RichardSerra Fulcrum.jpg Fulcrum Broadgate 1987 Richard Serra
Sculpture 'Rush Hour'-Finsbury Avenue-London.JPG Rush Hour Finsbury Avenue Square 1987 George Segal

[edit] Cannon Street

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor
Sculpture 'LiffeTrader'-Walbrook-London.JPG LIFFE trader Walbrook 1997 Stephen Melton
Sculpture Of Barge Master & Swan Marker.jpg The Barge Master & Swan Master Garlick Hill 2007 Vivien Mallock

[edit] Fleet Street

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor Source
T P O'Connor 1.JPG T. P. O'Connor 77 Fleet Street 1934 F. Doyle-Jones [1]
Elizabeth I statue.JPG Elizabeth I St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street 1586 William Kerwin

[edit] Holborn

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor Source
Half-timbered tudor buildings, High Holborn.JPG Royal Fusiliers Holborn 1920-2 Albert Toft
Statue Of Prince Albert Holborn Circus.jpg Prince Albert Holborn Circus 1869-74 Charles Bacon
Statue Of Fine Art & Science Holborn Viaduct.jpg Fine Art & Science Holborn Viaduct (north side) 1868-9 Farmer & Brindley
Statue Of Agriculture & Commerce Holborn Viaduct.jpg Agriculture & Commerce Holborn Viaduct (south side) 1867-9 Henry Bursill
Statue Of Sir William Walworth Holborn Viaduct.jpg William Walworth Holborn Viaduct (north side) 2000 (replica; original 1869) Carving Workshop (original Henry Bursill)
Statue Of Sir Thomas Gresham Holborn Viaduct.jpg Thomas Gresham Holborn Viaduct (south side) 1869 H Bursill [1]
Statue Of Henry FitzEylwin Holborn Viaduct.jpg Henry Fitz Eylwin Holborn Viaduct (south side) 1869 H Bursill [1]
StatueOfJohnWilkes.jpg John Wilkes Fetter Lane 1988 James Butler

[edit] Moorgate

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor Source
Bust Of Shakespeare-Memorial To John Heminge & Henry Condell-St Mary Aldermanbury Garden-Aldermanbury-London.jpg William Shakespeare (commemorating John Heminges and Henry Condell) St Mary Aldermanbury garden 1896 C. J. Allen

Designer: C. C. Walker

 [4]
Sculpture 'The Gardener'-London Wall-London.jpg The Gardener Brewers' Hall Garden 1971-2 Karin Jonzen
Statue Of 'Britannia' Britannia House.jpg Britannia Britannic House, Moorgate
Ritual.jpg Ritual Coleman Street 1969 Antanas Brazdys

[edit] St. Paul's

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor Source
People Of London Memorial-St Pauls Cathedral-London-.jpg People of London Memorial St Paul's Cathedral 1999 Richard Kindersley
John Wesley St Paul's London.jpg John Wesley St Paul's Cathedral 1988 (cast from original) Samuel Manning the Elder & Younger(original)
London Statue of Saint Paul imgp3600.jpg Pauls Cross St Paul's Cathedral 1908-10 Bertram Mackennal & Reginald Blomfield
Cordwainer statue Watling Street.jpg Cordwainer Watling Street
GoldenBoy.jpg Golden Boy of Pye Corner Giltspur Street 1820s
Charles Lamb Memorial.jpg Charles Lamb Giltspur Street 1935 Sir William Reynolds-Stephens [1]
Henry VIII statue.JPG King Henry VIII St Bartholomew's Hospital 1702-3 Francis Bird
Rowland Hill statue, King Edward Street.jpg Rowland Hill King Edward Street 1881 Edward Onslow Ford
Anne of Great Britain St Paul's.jpg Queen Anne St Paul's Cathedral 1884-6 (original 1709-12) R. C. Belt & L. A. Malempre (after Francis Bird)
NFFM Blitz.jpg National Firefighters Memorial Jubilee Walkway south of St Paul's Cathedral 1991 John W. Mills
Statue Of Captain John Smith-Bow Churchyard-London.JPG Captain John Smith St. Mary-le-Bow church, Cheapside 1960 Charles Renick (original by William Couper)
Paternoster Square - Statue of Man driving Sheep - London - 240404.jpg Shepherd and Sheep Paternoster Square (north end) Elisabeth Frink
Memorial To Admiral Arthur Phillips-Watling Street-London.jpg Admiral Arthur Phillip Watling Street
Statue of Peace-West Smithfield-London.JPG Peace Memorial Fountain West Smithfield 1870 John Birnie Philip [1]
Statue Of 'Justice' Old Bailey.jpg Justice Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey 1906 F. W. Pomeroy
Sculpture Of Becket-St Pauls Cathedral-London.JPG Thomas Becket St. Paul's churchyard 1973 Edward Bainbridge Copnall [1]

[edit] Temple

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor Architect / Designer Source
Temple Bar Memorial ILN 1880.jpg Temple Bar Fleet Street 1879-80
Submarine Memorial Relief.jpg National Submarine War Memorial Victoria Embankment 1922 Frederick Brook Hitch A. H. Ryan Tenison [5]
Hodge Cat.jpg Hodge Dr. Johnson's House, Gough Square 1997 Jon Bickley

[edit] Tower Hill

Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor
Wild horses wouldn't drag me in here - geograph.org.uk - 1093377.jpg Three Horses Minster Court, Mincing Lane Althea Wynne
Unknownsailor.jpg Tower Hill Merchant Navy Memorial Trinity Square, Tower Hill
Trajan Statue.JPG Trajan Trinity Place, Tower Hill
Port of london authority building trinity square.jpg Old Father Thames 10, Trinity Square
Sculpture 'The Building Worker'.jpg The building worker Tower Hill 2006 Alan Wilson
Statue Of 'Brittania' Billingsgate Market.jpg Britannia Old Billingsgate Market 1873-8

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 9781405049245. 
  2. ^ See also: Nicholas Winton and Winton Train
  3. ^ a b "BROADGATE Public Art". London Footprints. 2006. http://www.london-footprints.co.uk/artbdgateart.htm. Retrieved 25 February 2010. 
  4. ^ Open air sculpture and monuments in the City of London. Accessed 5 March 2010
  5. ^ National Submarine War Memorial - Your Archives Accessed 10 October 2011
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