Description
Book SynopsisThe streets and public spaces of London are rich with statues and monuments commemorating the city’s great figures and events – from Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square and Sir Christopher Wren’s Great Fire Monument to the charming Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens. Executed in stone, bronze and a range of other materials, London’s statues and monuments include work by some of the world’s greatest sculptors. This newly revised book takes account of the many statues erected between 2012 and 2017, including those of Mary Seacole at St Thomas’ Hospital and Amy Winehouse in Camden.
London’s Statues and Monuments is a fully illustrated guide to these artworks and their stories: sometimes surprising and occasionally controversial, but always fascinating
Table of ContentsIntroduction Trafalgar Square Whitehall and Horse Guards Parliament Square and Victoria Tower Gardens Victoria Embankment Strand, Aldwych and Holborn The City: West The City: Central The City: East Soho Mayfair and Park Lane St James’s The Mall to Victoria Street Hyde Park Corner Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park Belgravia and Pimlico Kensington Chelsea Paddington and Bayswater Marylebone Bloomsbury, Euston and St Pancras South Bank Southwark Greenwich and Woolwich North London West London South London East London Further Reading Index
