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This is a list of public art in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Deptford

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Memorial to Margaret McMillan Rachel McMillan Nursery School, McMillan Street

51°28′53″N 0°01′23″W / 51.4814°N 0.0230°W / 51.4814; -0.0230 (Margaret McMillan Memorial) 		1932 Sir Herbert Baker (architect) Grade II [1]
Peter the Great Glaisher Street 2001 Mihail Chemiakin Statue
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Greenwich

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images 		George II Old Royal Naval College

51°29′01″N 0°00′21″W / 51.48361°N 0.00595°W / 51.48361; -0.00595 (George II) 		1735 John Michael Rysbrack Statue Grade II [2]

More images 		The Immortality of Nelson Nelson Pediment, Old Royal Naval College 1809–12 Benjamin West and Joseph Panzetta Architectural relief sculpture Coade stone Grade I [3][4]

More images 		William IV King William Walk

51°28′48″N 0°00′24″W / 51.47989°N 0.00654°W / 51.47989; -0.00654 (William IV) 		1845 Samuel Nixon Statue Foggin Tor Devon granite Grade II Erected 18–19 December 1844 on King William Street in the City of London; taken down in 1935 and re-erected here, on a smaller pedestal, the following year. The principal work of this sculptor, who received insufficient recompense from the work's commissioners and came close to financial ruin.[5]

More images 		Memorial to Joseph René Bellot Cutty Sark Gardens

51°29′01″N 0°00′28″W / 51.48364°N 0.00786°W / 51.48364; -0.00786 (Bellot Memorial) 		1855 Philip Hardwick Obelisk Grade II [2]

More images 		Memorial to the New Zealand Campaign (1863–4) King William Walk

51°29′00″N 0°00′33″W / 51.4833°N 0.0091°W / 51.4833; -0.0091 (New Zealand Campaign Memorial) 		after 1864
?
 Obelisk Grade II [6]

More images 		General James Wolfe Blackheath Avenue, Greenwich Park

51°28′40″N 0°00′03″W / 51.47782°N 0.00085°W / 51.47782; -0.00085 (General Wolfe) 		1927 Robert Tait McKenzie Statue Grade II

More images 		Sir Walter Raleigh Old Royal Naval College

51°28′59″N 0°00′31″W / 51.48306°N 0.00867°W / 51.48306; -0.00867 (Sir Walter Raleigh) 		1959 William McMillan Statue Grade II Unveiled 28 October 1959 in Whitehall by the US Ambassador John Hay Whitney.[7] Moved to this site in 2001[8] as it was out of scale with other statues which had since been erected nearby.[9] The statue is close to the Discover Greenwich entrance within the grounds of the ORNC.

More images 		Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge Greenwich Park 1961–76 Henry Moore Sculpture — [10]
Dolphin Sundial Titanic Memorial Garden, Royal Observatory 1977–8 Christopher Daniel and Edwin Russell Sundial with sculpture —

More images 		Captain James Cook National Maritime Museum

51°28′50″N 0°00′17″W / 51.48051°N 0.0048°W / 51.48051; -0.0048 (Captain Cook) 		1994 Arthur Weller Statue — [11]

More images 		Prime Meridian marker Royal Observatory 1999 Christina Garzia Sculpture —

More images 		The Throne of Earthly Kings Devonport House 2004 François Hameury Sculpture — [12]
Statue of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Trafalgar Tavern 2009 Lesley Povey Statue Bronze — [13]

More images 		Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle National Maritime Museum 2010 Yinka Shonibare Sculpture —

More images 		Yuri Gagarin Royal Observatory 2011 Anatoly Novikov Statue Zinc alloy — [14]


North Greenwich

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images 		Quantum Cloud Greenwich Peninsula

51°30′07″N 0°00′33″E / 51.50185°N 0.00913°E / 51.50185; 0.00913 (Quantum Cloud) 		2000 Antony Gormley Sculpture —

More images 		A Slice of Reality Greenwich Peninsula

51°30′15″N 0°00′01″W / 51.50418°N 0.00028°W / 51.50418; -0.00028 (Slice of Reality) 		2000 Richard Wilson Sculpture — [15]
Lenticular Dazzle Camouflage Greenwich Peninsula

51°29′38″N 0°00′26″E / 51.493905°N 0.007183°E / 51.493905; 0.007183 (Lenticular Dazzle Camouflage) 		2016 Conrad Shawcross Sculpture metal 49 m high — [16]


Woolwich

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Statue of a Barbarian or Deus Lunus Royal Arsenal Brass Foundry, No 1 Street

51°17′36″N 0°02′25″E / 51.2932°N 0.0404°E / 51.2932; 0.0404 (Roman statue "Deus Lunus" at Royal Arsenal) 		late-Roman period (1st–3rd century AD) ? Roman statue Turkish marble ? Dug up by British troops in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1801 and shipped to Woolwich
Crucifix St Mary's Gardens, Greenlaw Street

51°29′36″N 0°03′32″E / 51.4932°N 0.05881313°E / 51.4932; 0.05881313 (Crucifix) 		18th–19th century? ? crucifix wood ? Originally part of the church interior; moved here in 1966

More images 		Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Royal Arsenal, Wellington Park

51°17′37″N 0°02′37″E / 51.2937°N 0.0435°E / 51.2937; 0.0435 (Statue Duke of Wellington) 		1848 Thomas Milnes statue on pedestal marble, Portland stone (plinth) Grade II Originally at the Tower of London, moved to the Arsenal in 1863

More images 		Lioness resting paw on urn St Mary's Gardens, Woolwich Church Street

51°29′36″N 0°03′37″E / 51.493357°N 0.06018106°E / 51.493357; 0.06018106 (tomb of Tom Cribb) 		1851 ? statue stone ? Tom Cribb's tomb

More images 		Crimean War Memorial Royal Artillery Barracks, south end of parade ground

51°29′06″N 0°03′38″E / 51.48513°N 0.06050292°E / 51.48513; 0.06050292 (Crimean War Memorial) 		1861 John Bell statue with pedestal surrounded by 12 cannon-bollards bronze and stone 3 m (without pediment) ? The figure of a woman distributing laurel wreaths, Honour, was cast from a Russian cannon captured at Sebastopol

More images 		Major Little Memorial Woolwich Common, Academy Rd / Ha-ha Rd

51°28′55″N 0°03′41″E / 51.482047°N 0.06133977°E / 51.482047; 0.06133977 (Major Little Memorial) 		1861? ? obelisk stone ?

More images 		Second Boer War Memorial Grand Depot Road, opposite Royal Artillery Barracks

51°17′36″N 0°02′25″E / 51.2932°N 0.0404°E / 51.2932; 0.0404 		1902? ? obelisk granite ? Memorial to the men of the 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery who died in the

Second Boer War (1899–1902)

Statue of Alexander McLeod Former Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society building, 125–161 Powis Street 1903 Alfred Drury Statue in niche Coade stone or terracotta? Grade II [17]
World War I memorial Royal Arsenal, Grand Store, Cadogan Road

51°29′39″N 0°04′24″E / 51.494216°N 0.07334383°E / 51.494216; 0.07334383 (WWI Memorial) 		1919? ? relief stone ?
Maritime history of Woolwich Woolwich Dockyard, Thames Path at Mast Pond Wharf

51°17′38″N 0°01′56″E / 51.294011°N 0.032183°E / 51.294011; 0.032183 (Thames Path mosaics) 		1984–86 Community project mosaic floor piece ceramic
The mosaics are the result of a community project led by the National Elfrida Rathbone Society through an arts workshop based at the Clock House Community Centre
Workers of Woolwich Woolwich Arsenal station, platform 1

51°17′32″N 0°02′57″E / 51.292354°N 0.0492°E / 51.292354; 0.0492 (Workers of Woolwich) 		1993 Martin Williams relief terracotta
The work was commissioned by the British Rail’s Community Unit with the University of Greenwich and Greenwich Council, and is a tribute to the tens of thousands of workers at the Royal Arsenal
The Woolwich Ship Plumstead Road, opposite the Royal Arsenal

51°29′28″N 0°04′15″E / 51.491106°N 0.07086162°E / 51.491106; 0.07086162 (Naval history of Woolwich) 		1999 Tom Grimsey sculpture steel — The sculpture celebrates the naval history of Woolwich; commissioned by Woolwich Development Agency & Greenwich Council
History of Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich Church Street, Kingsman Parade pedestrian tunnel

51°17′36″N 0°01′55″E / 51.293329°N 0.032076°E / 51.293329; 0.032076 (Kingsman Parade mosaic) 		2000 Stephen Lobb, Greenwich Mural Workshop & pupils of Cardwell Primary School mosaic mural ceramic — The mosaics are the result of a project by the Greenwich Mural Workshop, with Stephen Lobb as the senior artist, working with Cardwell Primary School

More images 		Assembly Royal Arsenal, James Clavell Square

51°29′41″N 0°04′12″E / 51.49485°N 0.070059°E / 51.49485; 0.070059 (Assembly) 		2001 Peter Burke group of 16 statues cast iron 188cm —
Memorial to Dial Square, Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Arsenal Football Clubs Royal Arsenal, outside the Dial Arch pub

51°29′33″N 0°04′11″E / 51.492502°N 0.06978873°E / 51.492502; 0.06978873 (Arsenal FC) 		c. 2005 ? sculpture bronze, stone —
Street Life Woolwich Arsenal station, Green's End / Beresford Square

51°29′27″N 0°04′07″E / 51.490755°N 0.06852809°E / 51.490755; 0.06852809 (Street Life, in-station mural) 		2008 Michael Craig-Martin ceramic art, mural ceramic extends over two storeys — More than 2500 individually screen-printed tiles by Manor Architectural Ceramics in Warwick

More images 		Statue of Nike, goddess of victory Royal Arsenal, No 1 Street, Main Guardhouse

51°17′35″N 0°02′57″E / 51.2931°N 0.04910°E / 51.2931; 0.04910 (Nike, 2012 Summer Olympics memorial) 		9 Sept 2012 Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis statue bronze — A gift of the people of Olympia to commemorate the 30th Olympiad in London in 2012


References

  1. ^ "Memorial to Margaret McMillan at Rachel McMillan Nursery School, Greenwich". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
  3. ^ "Nelson Pediment", Discover Nelson in Greenwich, retrieved 10 April 2015
  4. ^ Historic England. "Royal Naval College South West Building King William's Quarter (1211426)". National Heritage List for England.
  5. ^ Cust, L. H.; Cavanagh, Terry. "Nixon, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20213. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "Monument to Officers and Men Who Fell in New Zealand Campaign 1863–64 (At North East Part of College, Greenwich". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  7. ^ Blackwood 1989, p. 306
  8. ^ "Sir Walter's legacy". BBC. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Sir Walter Raleigh's Statue". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 12 April 1999. col. 501–503.
  10. ^ "Standing Figure: Knife Edge", National Recording Project, Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, retrieved 8 April 2015
  11. ^ http://www.jimbatty.com/IMG/london/greenwich/5A122923.html
  12. ^ "The Throne of Earthly Kings", The Greenwich Phantom, 7 November 2007, retrieved 8 April 2015
  13. ^ Matthews 2012, p. 199
  14. ^ "Yuri Gagarin statue at the Royal Observatory". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  15. ^ http://www.richardwilsonsculptor.com/projects/slice%20of%20reality.html
  16. ^ "Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre Revealed". C.F. Møller Architects. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Alexander McLeod", National Recording Project, Public Monuments & Sculpture Association, retrieved 28 December 2015

Bibliography

  • Blackwood, John (1989), London’s Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues, London and Oxford: Savoy Press, ISBN 978-0951429600 {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Matthews, Peter (2012), London’s Statues and Monuments, Botley: Shire Publications {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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