Carved mice
EC3, Philpot Lane, 13
Cabbies are attempting to propagate a myth that these mice commemorate two builders who died while working on the nearby Monument. We ca...
Greengrocers and sheep
E8, London Fields
This sculpture commemorates the use of London Fields as a grazing area for livestock, a stop on the route for livestock and produce on it...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Achilles statue
W1, Hyde Park
Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of quoting Larry Olivier on this statue: "the best arse in Lond...
3 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Southwark Gateway Needle
SE1, London Bridge
The inclined needle is made of Portland stone, 16m high. It won a Natural Stone Craftsmanship Award 2000. We could find no plaque and th...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Gatehouse Square, Southwark
SE1, Gatehouse Square, parking area to the south
The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns". From PMSA:"... holding her hands over an acorn which rests on the top of the wa...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
St Michael Cornhill WW1 Memorial
EC3, Cornhill, St Michael's
Unveiled by the Lord Mayor, James Roll.
2 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
New Zealand memorial
W1, Hyde Park corner
16 bronze standards, each decorated with texts and motifs of New Zealand, such as a fern leaf, a manaia figure, a farmer, Anzac poppies, ...
3 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Aboliton of slavery - SE1
SE1, Potters Fields
We photographed this statue in September 2012 and it was gone by March 2014. Presumably it was relocated somewhere but we don't know.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Wellington Arch - Quadriga
SW1, Hyde Park Corner
While still Prince of Wales, Edward VII saw a plaster version of this sculpture and initiated the idea of a bronze version being erected ...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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