List of public art in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
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This is a list of public art in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Avery Hill[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Hermes | Winter Garden | 1889 | c.After Giambologna | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [1][2] |
Blackheath[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Borough of Greenwich War Memorial | Corner of Charlton Way and Maze Hill 51°28′31″N 0°00′35″E / 51.4752°N 0.0097°E |
1922 | ? | War memorial | Portland stone | Grade II | Unveiled 11 November 1922.[3] | |
St John the Evangelist's Church War Memorial | East end of St John the Evangelist's churchyard, Stratheden Road 51°28′33″N 0°01′09″E / 51.4758°N 0.01904°E |
1922 | J. B. L. Tolhurst (designer); Hoare and Sons (sculptors) | Memorial cross | Portland stone | 5.3 m | c.Grade II | Unveiled 11 November 1922.[4] |
Charlton[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Charlton War Memorial | Green opposite St Luke's Church 51°28′53″N 0°02′09″E / 51.4814°N 0.0358°E |
1920 | R. G. Hoare, after Reginald Blomfield | Memorial cross | Portland stone | Grade II | Unveiled 31 October 1920. A modified version of Blomfield's Cross of Sacrifice design.[5] | |
Portage | Charlton House Peace Garden | 2006 | Margaret Higginson | Statue | N/A |
Deptford[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Memorial to Margaret McMillan | Rachel McMillan Nursery School, McMillan Street 51°28′53″N 0°01′23″W / 51.4814°N 0.0230°W |
1932 | Herbert Baker (architect) | Grade II | [6] | ||||
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Memorial to Peter the Great | Glaisher Street 51°29′00″N 0°01′08″W / 51.483333°N 0.018889°W |
2001 | Mihail Chemiakin | Statue | N/A | [7] | ||
Memorial to the Battle of Deptford Bridge | 51°28′17″N 0°00′53″W / 51.471488°N 0.014639°W |
2017 | Gary Drostle | Sundial mosaic bench | N/A |
Eltham[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Holy Trinity Church War Memorial | Holy Trinity churchyard, Southend Crescent 51°26′54″N 0°03′51″E / 51.4484°N 0.0641°E |
after 1918 | ? | Crucifix | Stone and bronze | N/A | [8] | ||
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Eltham War Memorial | St John the Baptist's Church, High Street 51°27′04″N 0°03′05″E / 51.4510°N 0.0514°E |
1924 | Reginald Blomfield | Memorial cross | Portland stone | Grade II | Unveiled 9 November 1924. Adapted from Blomfield's much-used Cross of Sacrifice design; he was present at the unveiling.[9] |
Greenwich[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of George II | Old Royal Naval College 51°29′01″N 0°00′21″W / 51.48361°N 0.00595°W |
1735 | John Michael Rysbrack | Statue | Grade II | [10] | ||
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The Immortality of Nelson | Nelson Pediment, Old Royal Naval College | 1809–1812 | Benjamin West and Joseph Panzetta | Architectural relief sculpture | Coade stone | Grade I | [11][12] | |
Bust of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Queen's House | 1835 | Francis Leggatt Chantrey | Bust | Marble | [13] | |||
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Statue of William IV | King William Walk 51°28′48″N 0°00′24″W / 51.47989°N 0.00654°W |
1845 | Samuel Nixon | Statue | Foggin Tor Devon granite | Grade II | Erected 18–19 December 1844 on King William Street in the City of London; taken down in 1935 and re-erected here, on a smaller pedestal, the following year. The principal work of this sculptor, who received insufficient recompense from the work's commissioners and came close to financial ruin.[14] | |
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Memorial to Joseph René Bellot | Cutty Sark Gardens 51°29′01″N 0°00′28″W / 51.48364°N 0.00786°W |
1855 | Philip Hardwick | Obelisk | Grade II | [10] | ||
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Memorial to the New Zealand Campaign (1863–1864) | King William Walk 51°29′00″N 0°00′33″W / 51.4833°N 0.0091°W |
1874 | Sir Andrew Clarke | Obelisk | granite | 50 ft high | Grade II | [15][16][17] |
Busts of naval heroes | Pepys Building, Old Royal Naval College | 1874–1883 | Charles Raymond Smith | Reliefs | Grade II | Portrait medallions with busts of the following:
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Statue of General James Wolfe | Blackheath Avenue, Greenwich Park 51°28′40″N 0°00′03″W / 51.47782°N 0.00085°W |
1930 | Robert Tait McKenzie | Statue | Grade II | [19] | ||
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Statue of Walter Raleigh | Old Royal Naval College 51°28′59″N 0°00′31″W / 51.48306°N 0.00867°W |
1959 | William McMillan | Statue | Grade II | Unveiled 28 October 1959 in Whitehall by the US Ambassador John Hay Whitney.[20] Moved to this site in 2001[21] as it was out of scale with other statues which had since been erected nearby.[22] The statue is close to the Discover Greenwich entrance within the grounds of the ORNC. | ||
Mermaid | University of Greenwich | 1959 | ? | Statue | Silicon bronze | N/A | [23] | ||
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Large Standing Figure (Knife Edge) | Greenwich Park | 1961–1978 | Henry Moore | Sculpture | N/A | [24] | ||
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Dolphin Dial | Titanic Memorial Garden, Royal Observatory | 1977–1978 | Christopher St John Daniel and Edwin Russell | Equinoctial sundial with sculpture | Bronze | N/A | Unveiled 5 June 1978 and moved to this site in 2009. Daniel was Head of Education Services at the National Maritime Museum; the work was commissioned to mark the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[25] | |
Greenwich Mural | Woolwich Road | 1972 | Philippa Threlfall and Kennedy Collings | Mural | Glazed and unglazed ceramic and stone | N/A | Depicts the maritime history of Greenwich. One of the earliest large-scale murals to be produced by the artists.[26] | ||
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Statue of Captain James Cook | National Maritime Museum 51°28′50″N 0°00′17″W / 51.48051°N 0.0048°W |
1994 | Arthur Weller | Statue | N/A | [27] | ||
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Prime Meridian marker | Royal Observatory | 1999 | Christina Garzia | Sculpture | N/A | |||
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The Throne of Earthly Kings | Devonport House | 2004 | François Hameury | Sculpture | N/A | [28] | ||
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Statue of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Trafalgar Tavern | 2009 | Lesley Povey | Statue | Bronze | N/A | [29] | |
Monument for a Dead Parrot | University of Greenwich | 2009 | John Reardon | Sculpture | Bronze (spray-painted) | N/A | [30] | ||
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Nelson's Ship in a Bottle | National Maritime Museum | 2010 | Yinka Shonibare | Sculpture | N/A | |||
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Statue of Yuri Gagarin | Royal Observatory | 2011 | Anatoly Novikov | Statue | Zinc alloy | N/A | [31] | |
Encompass | Greenwich Market | 2016 | Michael Speller | Sculpture | Bronze | 2.4m | N/A | Unveiled 4 April 2016 by the Duke of York.[32] Commissioned by Greenwich Hospital, the Crown Charity. Made from bronze, it is a 2.4m sphere made from 210 figures, depicting sailors as they climb a ship's rigging. |
Greenwich Peninsula[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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East Greenwich Gas Works War Memorial | West Parkside Road 51°29′43″N 0°00′44″E / 51.4953°N 0.0121°E |
1926 | ? | War memorial | Grey Aberdeen granite | Grade II | Unveiled 18 September 1926.[33] | |
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Quantum Cloud | Greenwich Peninsula 51°30′07″N 0°00′33″E / 51.50185°N 0.00913°E |
2000 | Antony Gormley | Sculpture | N/A | Created for the millennium celebrations, now part of sculpture trail, The Line | ||
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A Slice of Reality | Greenwich Peninsula 51°30′15″N 0°00′01″W / 51.50418°N 0.00028°W |
2000 | Richard Wilson | Sculpture | N/A | Created for the millennium celebrations, now part of sculpture trail, The Line [34] | ||
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Liberty Grip | Greenwich Peninsula | 2008 | Gary Hume | Sculpture | N/A | Part of sculpture trail, The Line [35] | ||
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Here | Greenwich Peninsula | 2013 | Thomson & Craighead | Sculpture | N/A | Part of sculpture trail, The Line [36] | ||
A Bullet from a Shooting Star | Greenwich Peninsula | 2015 | Alex Chinneck | Sculpture | N/A | Part of sculpture trail, The Line [37] | |||
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Hydra and Kali | Greenwich Peninsula | 2016 | Damien Hirst | Sculpture | metal | N/A | ||
Lenticular Dazzle Camouflage | Greenwich Peninsula 51°29′38″N 0°00′26″E / 51.493905°N 0.007183°E |
2016 | Conrad Shawcross | Sculpture | metal | 49 m high | N/A | [38] | |
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Mermaid | Greenwich Peninsula | 2017 | Damien Hirst | Sculpture | metal | N/A |
Lee[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Men of St Peter's War Memorial | Courtlands Avenue 51°27′24″N 0°01′21″E / 51.4567°N 0.0226°E |
1920 | Hatchard Smith and Son (designers); Farmer and Brindley (sculptors) | Memorial cross | Portland stone | Grade II | Unveiled 15 May 1920.[39] |
Plumstead[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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8th London Howitzer Brigade War Memorial | Plumstead Common 51°28′55″N 0°04′32″E / 51.4819°N 0.0756°E |
1922 | ? | War memorial | Portland stone | Grade II | Unveiled 7 October 1922.[40] |
Shooter's Hill[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Christ Church War Memorial | Churchyard of Christ Church 51°27′54″N 0°03′26″E / 51.4649°N 0.0572°E |
1922 | ? | Memorial cross | Stone | N/A | Unveiled 8 October 1922.[41] |
Woolwich[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of a Barbarian or Deus Lunus | Royal Arsenal Brass Foundry, No 1 Street 51°17′36″N 0°02′25″E / 51.2932°N 0.0404°E |
late-Roman period (1st–3rd century AD) | ? | Roman statue | Turkish marble | ? | Dug up by British troops in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1801 and shipped to Woolwich | ||
Crucifix | St Mary's Gardens, Greenlaw Street 51°29′36″N 0°03′32″E / 51.4932°N 0.05881313°E |
18th–19th century? | ? | crucifix | wood | ? | Originally part of the church interior; moved here in 1966 | ||
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Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | Royal Arsenal, Wellington Park 51°17′37″N 0°02′37″E / 51.2937°N 0.0435°E |
1848 | Thomas Milnes | statue on pedestal | marble, Portland stone (plinth) | Grade II | Originally at the Tower of London, moved to the Arsenal in 1863 | |
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Lioness resting paw on urn | St Mary's Gardens, Woolwich Church Street 51°29′36″N 0°03′37″E / 51.493357°N 0.06018106°E |
1851 | ? | statue | stone | ? | Tom Cribb's tomb | |
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Crimean War Memorial | Royal Artillery Barracks, south end of parade ground 51°29′06″N 0°03′38″E / 51.48513°N 0.06050292°E |
1861 | John Bell | statue with pedestal surrounded by 12 cannon-bollards | bronze and stone | 3 m (without pediment) | ? | The figure of a woman distributing laurel wreaths, Honour, was cast from a Russian cannon captured at Sebastopol |
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Major Little Memorial | Woolwich Common, Academy Rd / Ha-ha Road 51°28′55″N 0°03′41″E / 51.482047°N 0.06133977°E |
1861? | ? | obelisk | stone | ? | ||
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Second Boer War Memorial | Grand Depot Road, opposite Royal Artillery Barracks 51°17′36″N 0°02′25″E / 51.2932°N 0.0404°E |
1902? | ? | obelisk | granite | ? | Memorial to the men of the 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery who died in the
Second Boer War (1899–1902) | |
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Statue of Alexander McLeod | Former Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society building, 125–161 Powis Street | 1903 | Alfred Drury | Statue in niche | Coade stone or terracotta? | Grade II | [42] | |
World War I memorial | Royal Arsenal, Grand Store, Cadogan Road 51°29′39″N 0°04′24″E / 51.494216°N 0.07334383°E |
1919? | ? | relief | stone | ? | |||
Maritime history of Woolwich | Woolwich Dockyard, Thames Path at Mast Pond Wharf 51°17′38″N 0°01′56″E / 51.294011°N 0.032183°E |
1984–86 | community project | mosaic floor piece (damaged) | ceramic tesserae | The mosaics are the result of a community project led by the National Elfrida Rathbone Society through an arts workshop based at the Clock House Community Centre | |||
Workers of Woolwich | Woolwich Arsenal station, platform 1 51°17′32″N 0°02′57″E / 51.292354°N 0.0492°E |
1993 | Martin Williams | relief | terracotta | The work was commissioned by the British Rail’s Community Unit with the University of Greenwich and Greenwich Council, and is a tribute to the tens of thousands of workers at the Royal Arsenal | |||
The Woolwich Ship | Plumstead Road, opposite the Royal Arsenal 51°29′28″N 0°04′15″E / 51.491106°N 0.07086162°E |
1999 | Tom Grimsey | sculpture | steel | N/A | The sculpture celebrates the naval history of Woolwich; commissioned by Woolwich Development Agency & Greenwich Council | ||
History of Woolwich Dockyard | Woolwich Church Street, Kingsman Parade pedestrian tunnel 51°17′36″N 0°01′55″E / 51.293329°N 0.032076°E |
2000 | Stephen Lobb, Greenwich Mural Workshop & pupils of Cardwell Primary School | mosaic mural | ceramic tesserae | N/A | The mosaics are the result of a project by the Greenwich Mural Workshop, with Stephen Lobb as the senior artist, working with Cardwell Primary School | ||
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Assembly | Royal Arsenal, James Clavell Square 51°29′41″N 0°04′12″E / 51.49485°N 0.070059°E |
2001 | Peter Burke | group of 16 statues | cast iron | 188cm | N/A | |
Memorial to Dial Square, Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Arsenal Football Clubs | Royal Arsenal, outside the Dial Arch pub 51°29′33″N 0°04′11″E / 51.492502°N 0.06978873°E |
c. 2005 | ? | sculpture | bronze, stone | N/A | |||
Street Life | Woolwich Arsenal station, Green's End / Beresford Square 51°29′27″N 0°04′07″E / 51.490755°N 0.06852809°E |
2008 | Michael Craig-Martin | ceramic art, mural | ceramic | extends over two storeys | N/A | More than 2500 individually screen-printed tiles by Manor Architectural Ceramics in Warwick | |
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Statue of Nike, goddess of victory | Royal Arsenal, No 1 Street, Main Guardhouse 51°17′35″N 0°02′57″E / 51.2931°N 0.04910°E |
9 Sept 2012 | Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis | statue | bronze | N/A | A gift of the people of Olympia to commemorate the 30th Olympiad in London in 2012 | |
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Woolwich Buddy Bear | General Gordon Square 51°29′24″N 0°04′03″E / 51.490046°N 0.06737977°E |
27 May 2016 | Michele Petit-Jean (after a design by pupils of Eltham Hill School) | statue | fibreglass | N/A | Celebrating the 50th anniversary of friendship between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf |
References[]
- ^ Hermes. Art UK. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Avery Hill Training College (Conservatory) (1079082)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Borough of Greenwich". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "War memorial outside the Church of St John the Evangelist, Blackheath (1435117)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Charlton Village War Memorial (1433012)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Memorial to Margaret McMillan at Rachel McMillan Nursery School, Greenwich (1214190)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ van der Krogt, René; van der Krogt, Peter. "Czar Peter the Great". Hither & Thither. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Holy Trinity, Eltham". War Memorials Online. War Memorials Trust. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Eltham War Memorial (1450335)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ a b Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
- ^ "Nelson Pediment". Discover Nelson in Greenwich. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Royal Naval College South West Building King William's Quarter (1211426)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ Kershman 2013, p. 338.
- ^ Cust, L. H.; Cavanagh, Terry. "Nixon, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20213. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "English Items". Timaru Herald. February 21, 1873. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ "untitled item". Thames Advertiser. October 6, 1874. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument to Officers and Men Who Fell in New Zealand Campaign 1863–64 (At North East Part of College Grounds (1078923)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ Kershman 2013, pp. 325–327.
- ^ Historic England. "Statue of General Wolfe, to east of Royal Observatory (1358977)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ Blackwood 1989, p. 306
- ^ Sir Walter's legacy. BBC. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ "Sir Walter Raleigh's Statue". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 12 April 1999. col. 501–503.
- ^ Mermaid. Art UK. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Standing Figure: Knife Edge". National Recording Project. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Equinoctial dial. Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Tile Gazetteer – Enfield & Greenwich. Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ Archived copy. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Throne of Earthly Kings". The Greenwich Phantom. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Matthews 2018, p. 209
- ^ Monument for a Dead Parrot. Art UK. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ Yuri Gagarin statue at the Royal Observatory. Royal Museums Greenwich. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Encompass is Unveiled". Michael Speller. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "East Greenwich Gas Works War Memorial (1460005)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ http://www.richardwilsonsculptor.com/projects/slice%20of%20reality.html[bare URL]
- ^ "The Line". the-line.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "The Line". the-line.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "The Line". the-line.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre Revealed. C.F. Møller Architects. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Men Of St Peters Parish". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "8th London Howitzer Brigade – WW1". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Christ Church – Cross". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Alexander McLeod". National Recording Project. Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
Bibliography[]
- Blackwood, John (1989). London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues. London and Oxford: Savoy Press. ISBN 978-0951429600.
- Kershman, Andrew (2013). London's Monuments. London: Metro Publications.
- Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.
External links[]
- Media related to Sculptures in the Royal Borough of Greenwich at Wikimedia Commons
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