Erection date: 1877
{On the front, and repeated on the back, of the plinth:}
Peel, 1788 - 1850
{On the left base of the statue:}
M. Noble, Sc. London 1878
{On the right base of the statue:}
Cox & Sons, Art Founders
The Victorian Web's entry on this statue focuses on the tightness of Peel's trousers.
SW1, Parliament Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Robert Peel statue
MP and Prime Minister in the 1830s and 40s. Reorganised the London police for...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Robert Peel statue
Sculptor. Born Yorkshire. If the National Portrait Gallery collection is anyt...
There is a copy of this statue in Gloucester and another in Toronto.
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
Locating this statue so close to the British Parliament is controversial given that Gandhi led the successful campaign for India to be fr...
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
Criticised at the time as the "worst piece of sculpture in England".
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