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The 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
List of contents
Introduction
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
About the author
Peter Matthews
Summary
The 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
Foreword
From Amy Winehouse to Agatha Christie, this is a fully revised and updated guide to London's statues and monuments, appealing to anyone interested in the British capital's history.
