List of public art in the City of London

Detail of the Temple Bar Marker, the most elaborate of the boundary markers of the City of London.

This is a list of public art in the City of London, including statues, busts, commemorative plaques and other memorials.

The City of London is the historic nucleus of London as well as its modern financial centre. The City of London Corporation, its municipal governing body, states that "around almost every corner in the City you will find an unusual piece of public art or a commemoration of the City's great history."^[1] This article lists the various works by the general geographical area in which they are located.

Aldgate

Image	Title / subject	Location & Coordinates	Date	Artist	Type	Designation	Owner/ Administrator	Notes
	Ridirich	Little Somerset Street	1980	McCarter, KeithKeith McCarter				[2]
	Sculpture of two friars	Crutched Friars	1984–5	Black, MichaelMichael Black

Bank

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor	Source	Coordinates
	Wellington !Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	Bank junction	1844	Chantrey and Weekes !Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey and Henry Weekes
	Myddelton !Hugh Myddelton	Royal Exchange (Threadneedle Street side)	1844	Joseph !Samuel Joseph
	Whittington !Richard Whittington	Royal Exchange (Threadneedle Street side)	1844	Carew !John Edward Carew
	Gresham !Thomas Gresham	Royal Exchange	1844–5
	Peabody !George Peabody	Royal Exchange Buildings	1869	Story !William Wetmore Story
	Atlas	King Street	1894c. 1894	Farmer & Brindley
	Charity fountain	Royal Exchange Avenue	1897	Dalou !after Jules Dalou
	Three Ladies sculpture: Sea, Chimera & Fire	Lombard Street	1914	Doyle-Jones !F. W. Doyle-Jones
	London Troops War Memorial	Bank junction	1919–20	Drury !Alfred Drury
	World War I memorial	St. Michael church, Cornhill	1920	Goulden !Richard Reginald Goulden
	Soane !Sir John Soane	Lothbury	1930–7	Dick !William Reid Dick
	Ariel	Tivoli Corner, Bank of England	1937	Wheeler !Charles Wheeler
	Reuter !Paul Julius Reuter	Royal Exchange (rear side)	1976	Black !Michael Black
	Greathead !James Henry Greathead	Cornhill	1993–4	Butler !James Butler

Blackfriars

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor	Source	Coordinates
	Wills Fountain 'Temperance'	Blackfriars station, New Bridge Street	1861
	Seven Ages of Man	Queen Victoria Street	1980	Richard Kindersley
	Isaac Newton	Victoria Embankment by John Carpenter Street	1882	J Daymond and Son	[3]
	John Milton	Victoria Embankment by John Carpenter Street	1882	J Daymond and Son
	Francis Bacon	Victoria Embankment by John Carpenter Street	1882	J Daymond and Son	[3]
	William Shakespeare	Victoria Embankment by John Carpenter Street	1882	J Daymond and Son	[3]
	Thomas More	Victoria Embankment by John Carpenter Street	1882
	John Carpenter	City of London School, Queen Victoria Street
	The Black Friar	New Bridge Street/Queen Victoria Street
	Queen Victoria	Blackfriars Bridge	1896	C. B. Birch	[3]
	Saint George and the Dragon	Dorset Rise	1988	Michael Sandle

Broadgate / Liverpool Street / Bishopsgate

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor	Source	Coordinates
	Für Das Kind Kindertransport memorial[4]	Liverpool Street station	2003	Frank Meisler	[5]
	Great Eastern Railway World War I memorial	Liverpool Street station	1922
	Sir Henry Wilson	Liverpool Street station	1922
	Charles Fryatt	Liverpool Street station	1917
	Broadgate Venus	Exchange Square, Broadgate	1990	Fernando Botero	[5]
	Bellerophon Taming Pegasus	Broadgate		Jacques Lipchitz
	Fulcrum	Broadgate	1987	Richard Serra
	Rush Hour	Finsbury Avenue Square	1987	George Segal
	Bishop's mitre	Outside 101-5 Bishopsgate, near its junction with Wormwood Street	18th century		[6]
	Beaver weather vane	Roof of 60-64 Bishopsgate	1926	Mewes and Davis	[7]

Cannon Street

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Location	Date	Sculptor	Source
	LIFFE trader	Walbrook	1997	Melton !Stephen Melton
	The Barge Master & Swan Master	Garlick Hill	2007	Mallock !Vivien Mallock
	Icarus	Old Change Court	1973	Ayrton !Michael Ayrton	[8]
	Break the Wall of Distrust	Cannon Street	1990	Zurab Tsereteli	[9]

Fenchurch Street

Fleet Street

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect	Source	Listing
	King Lud, Androgeus and Theomantius/Tenvantius	Statues	St Dunstan-in-the-West	1586 !probably 1586	—	—	[12]	A !Grade I
	Elizabeth I	Statue in niche	St Dunstan-in-the-West	1670–99	—	—	[13]	A !Grade I
	Kaled	Statue in niche	193 Fleet Street	1872–3	Grandi !Giuseppe Grandi	—	[14]	C !Grade II
	Temple Bar Memorial Queen Victoria and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales	Memorial with statues and other sculpture	Fleet Street	1879–80	Birch et al. !Charles Bell Birch, Joseph Edgar Boehm, Charles Henry Mabey and Charles Samuel Kelsey	Jones !Horace Jones	[15]	C !Grade II
	Mary, Queen of Scots	Statue in niche	Queen of Scots House, 143–4 Fleet Street	1905	—	Roe !R. M. Roe	[16]	—
	O'Connor !Memorial to T. P. O'Connor	Bust	Chronicle House, 72–8 Fleet Street	1935–6	Doyle-Jones !Francis William Doyle-Jones	—	[17]	—
	Resolution	Statue	Corner of Shoe Lane and St Bride Street	2007	Gormley !Antony Gormley	—	[18]	—

Holborn

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect	Source	Listing
	Agriculture and Commerce	Statues	Holborn Viaduct (south parapet)	1867–9	Bursill !Henry Bursill	—	[19]	C !Grade II
	Fine Art and Science	Statues	Holborn Viaduct (north parapet)	1868–9	Farmer & Brindley	—	[20]	C !Grade II
	Winged Lions	Statues	Holborn Viaduct (north and south parapets)	1868–70	Farmer & Brindley	—	[21]	C !Grade II
	City Arms supporting lamp	Relief sculptures	Holborn Viaduct	1869	Farmer & Brindley	—	[22]	C !Grade II
	City Arms	Relief sculptures	Holborn Viaduct	1869	Farmer & Brindley	—	[21]	C !Grade II
	Keystone heads, Atlantes and Seated Dragons with spears	Architectural sculpture	Holborn Viaduct step-buildings	1869	Farmer & Brindley (Atlantes on reconstructed building by Carving Workshop, Cambridge, 2000)	—	[22]	C !Grade II
	Gresham !Sir Thomas Gresham	Statue	Holborn Viaduct (south side)	1869	Bursill !Henry Bursill	—	[22]	C !Grade II
	Fitz-Ailwin !Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone	Statue	Holborn Viaduct (south side)	1869	Bursill !Henry Bursill	—	[23]	C !Grade II
	Walworth !Sir William Walworth	Statue	Holborn Viaduct (north side)	1869 and 2000	Carving Workshop, after Henry Bursill	—	[23]	C !Grade II
	Myddelton !Sir Hugh Myddelton	Statue	Holborn Viaduct (north side)	1869 and 2013	Bursill, after !after Henry Bursill	—	[21]	C !Grade II
	Albert !Albert, Prince Consort	Equestrian statue with reliefs and other statues	Holborn Circus	1869–74	Bacon !Charles Bacon	Hardwick and Haywood !Philip Charles Hardwick and William Haywood	[24]	C !Grade II
	Faith enthroned between Hope and Charity	Pediment sculpture	City Temple	1873–4	—	Lockwood & Mawson	[25]	C !Grade II
	Prudence	Statue in niche	Prudential Assurance Building (Holborn Bars), Holborn	1898	Rhind !William Birnie Rhind	Waterhouse !Alfred Waterhouse	[26]	C !Grade II
	Royal Fusiliers !Royal London Fusiliers Monument	Memorial with statue	High Holborn	1920–2	Toft !Albert Toft	Cheadle & Harding	[27]	C !Grade II
	Prudential Assurance 1914–18 War Memorial	Memorial with sculpture	Prudential Assurance Building (Holborn Bars), Holborn	1922	Blundstone !Ferdinand Victor Blundstone	—	[26]	—
	1939–45 War Memorial Plaques	Plaques with statues	Prudential Assurance Building (Holborn Bars), Holborn	1950	Blundstone !Ferdinand Victor Blundstone	—	[27]	—
	Reliefs of Africans and Europeans	Relief sculptures	Former Diamond Trading Company and Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa building, Holborn Viaduct	1956–7	Burton !Esmond Burton	Bennet !T. P. Bennett	[28]	—
	Wilkes !John Wilkes	Statue	Fetter Lane	1988	Butler !James Butler	—	[29]	—

Moorgate

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Source	Listing
	William Shakespeare Memorial to John Heminges and Henry Condell	Bust	Former churchyard of St Mary Aldermanbury	1895–6	Allen !Charles J. Allen	Walker !Charles Clement Walker	[30]	C !Grade II
	Britannia (two versions)	Architectural sculpture	Britannic House, Moorgate	1924	Wood !Francis Derwent Wood	Lutyens !Edwin Lutyens	[31]	B !Grade II*
	Indian Water-carrier	Architectural sculpture	Britannic House, Moorgate	1924	Wood !Francis Derwent Wood	Lutyens !Edwin Lutyens	[31]	B !Grade II*
	Persian Scarf-dancer	Architectural sculpture	Britannic House, Moorgate	c. 1924	Wood !Francis Derwent Wood	Lutyens !Edwin Lutyens	[31]	B !Grade II*
	Woman and Baby or Spring	Architectural sculpture	Britannic House, Moorgate	c. 1924	Wood !Francis Derwent Wood	Lutyens !Edwin Lutyens	[31]	B !Grade II*
	Decorative keystones	Architectural sculpture	Britannic House, Moorgate	c. 1924	Broadbent !Messrs Broadbent & Sons	Lutyens !Edwin Lutyens	[31]	B !Grade II*
	Ritual	Sculpture	Coleman Street	1968–9	Brazdys !Antanas Brazdys	—	[32]	—
	The Gardener	Statue	Brewers' Hall Garden	1971–2	Jonzen !Karin Jonzen	—	[33][34]	—

St Paul’s

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect	Source	Listing
	Golden Boy of Pye Corner	Statuette	Giltspur Street	1650 or later !late 17th century	—	—	[35]	C !Grade II
	Henry VIII	Statue in niche	St Bartholomew's Hospital	1702–3	Bird !Francis Bird	—	[36]	A !Grade I
	Lameness and Disease	Architectural sculptures	St Bartholomew’s Hospital	1702–3	Strong !possibly Edward Strong, Jr.	—	[36]	A !Grade I
	Peace	Drinking fountain with statue	West Smithfield Gardens	1871–3	Philip et al. !John Birnie Philip and Farmer & Brindley	Butler !Francis Butler	[37]	C !Grade II
	Hill !Rowland Hill	Statue	King Edward Street	1881–2	Ford !Edward Onslow Ford	—	[38]	C !Grade II
	Anne !Queen Anne	Statue with subsidiary sculptures	St Paul's Churchyard	1884–6 (after an original of 1709–12)	Belt and Malempré !Richard Claude Belt and L. A. Malempré (after Francis Bird)	Wren !Sir Christopher Wren	[39]	C !Grade II
	Justice	Statue	Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey	1906	Pomeroy !Frederick William Pomeroy	Mountford !Edward William Mountford		B !Grade II*
	Paul’s Cross St Paul	Preaching cross with statue	St Paul’s Churchyard	1908–10	Mackennal !Bertram Mackennal	Blomfield !Reginald Blomfield	[40]	C !Grade II
	Lamb !Charles Lamb Centenary Memorial	Bust in niche with architectural framework	Giltspur Street	1935	Reynolds-Stephens !Sir William Reynolds-Stephens	—	[41]	A !Grade I
	Smith !Captain John Smith	Statue	Bow Churchyard, Cheapside	1960 (after an original of 1907)	Renick after Couper !Charles Renick (after William Couper)	—	[42]	C !Grade II
	Phillip !Memorial to Admiral Arthur Phillip	Memorial with bust and reliefs	Watling Street	1932 (original memorial; most features of the present memorial date to 1968, 1976 and 2000)	Hartwell et al. !Charles Leonard Hartwell, W. Hamilton Buchan and Sharon A. M. Keenan	—	[43]	—
	The Young Lovers	Sculptural group	Festival Gardens	1950/1	Ehrlich !Georg Ehrlich	—	[44]	—
	Becket !St Thomas Becket	Statue	St Paul’s Churchyard	1970–1	Copnall !Edward Bainbridge Copnall	—	[45]	—
	Paternoster	Sculptural group	Paternoster Square (north end)	1975	Frink !Elisabeth Frink	—	[46]	—
	Wesley !John Wesley	Statue	St Paul’s Churchyard	1988 (cast from an original of 1825–49)	Manning !after Samuel Manning the Elder and Samuel Manning the Younger	—	[47]	—
	Blitz, the National Firefighters Memorial	Sculptural group	Sermon Lane, at the top of Peter's Hill	1990–1	Mills !John W. Mills	—	[48]	—
	Memorial to the Londoners killed in World War II Bombardments	Memorial set in pavement	St Paul’s Churchyard	1999	Kindersley !Richard Kindersley	—	[49]	—
	Angel's Wings	Sculptures	Paternoster Square	2000	Heatherwick !Thomas Heatherwick	—		—
	Cordwainer	Statue	Watling Street	Unveiled in 2002 in Bow Churchyard before being moved to present location	Boyes !Alma Boyes	—		—
	Donne !John Donne	Bust	St Paul's Churchyard	2012	Boonham !Nigel Boonham	—	[50]	—

Temple

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect	Source	Listing
	National Submarine War Memorial	Memorial with relief sculpture	Victoria Embankment	1922 (with additions of 1959)	Hitch !Frederick Brook Hitch	Tenison !A. Heron Ryan Tenison	[51]	C !Grade II
	Hodge !Hodge	Statue	Dr. Johnson's House, Gough Square	1997	Bickley !Jon Bickley	—	[52]	—

Tower Hill

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect	Source	Listing
	Britannia, Dolphins and City Arms	Pediment sculptures	Old Billingsgate Market	1873–8	Unknown	Jones !Horace Jones	[53]	C !Grade II
	Father Thames	Statue in niche	10 Trinity Square	1921–2	Hodge and Doman !Albert Hodge and Charles Doman	Cooper !Edwin Cooper	[54]	B !Grade II*
	Exportation	Architectural sculpture	10 Trinity Square	1921–2	Hodge and Doman !Albert Hodge and Charles Doman	Cooper !Edwin Cooper	[54]	B !Grade II*
	Produce	Architectural sculpture	10 Trinity Square	1921–2	Hodge and Doman !Albert Hodge and Charles Doman	Cooper !Edwin Cooper	[54]	B !Grade II*
	Commerce	Architectural sculpture	10 Trinity Square	1921–2	Doman !Charles Doman	Cooper !Edwin Cooper	[54]	B !Grade II*
	Navigation	Architectural sculpture	10 Trinity Square	1921–2	Doman !Charles Doman	Cooper !Edwin Cooper	[54]	B !Grade II*
	Mercantine Marine Memorial: Memorial for the 1914–18 War	Memorial pavilion	Trinity Square	1926–8	Dick !William Reid Dick	Lutyens !Edwin Lutyens	[55]	C !Grade II
	Mercantine Marine Memorial: Memorial for the 1939–45 War	Memorial garden with enclosing wall and stone pylons	Trinity Square	1950–5	Wheeler !Charles Wheeler	Maufe !Edward Maufe	[56]	C !Grade II
	Trajan !Trajan	Statue	Trinity Place	1900 on !20th century (after a 2nd-century original; installed 1980)	—	—	[57]	—
	The Minster Court Horses	Statues	Minster Court, Mincing Lane	1989–90	Wynne !Althea Wynne	—	[58]	—
	The Building Worker	Statue	Tower Hill	2006	Wilson !Alan Wilson	—	[59]	—

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