Erection date: 1973
Becket by Bainbridge Copnall, acquired by the Corporation of London 1973.
Not bronze but a resin which Copnall coloured to simulate bronze. More photos and information at Ornamental Passions.
EC4, St Paul's Churchyard, St Paul's Cathedral
Becket was born nearby in Cheapside.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thomas Becket statue
Chancellor, Archbishop and Martyr. Born Cheapside of French parents. son of G...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thomas Becket statue
Other work in London includes the Light and Sound reliefs on the Vue cinema i...
Bronze statue unveiled on 19 December 1914. Sculpted by Goulden to Ramsay's design.
Ornamental Passions tells us "A pair of schoolchildren flanked each entrance, as was customary, but one pair was later transferred to St ...
The large terrace area around the statue is worth commenting on. It's clearly original and has somehow survived. There are 4 concentric...
This belongs to the select group of seated London statues - see Peabody. The same sculptor has a standing statue of Brunel in Bristol, a...
On each corner of the monument there is a sculpture of a seated woman (most with one or more children) representing (clockwise from front...
Added to the Teddington memorial with the "Additional names 1915 - 1918".
