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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Islington .
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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Islington .
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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 | Thornhill Road Gardens War Memorial | Thornhill Road Gardens, junction of Thornhill Road and Richmond Avenue 51°32′20″N0°06′37″W / 51.5389°N 0.1102°W | 1920 | ? | War memorial with Celtic cross | Grade II | [1] |
 | Huntingdon Arms sculpture | 115 Hemingford Road (former Huntingdon Arms pub) 51°32′27″N0°06′49″W / 51.5409°N 0.1136°W | ? | Relief sculpture | — | [2] | |
 | Animal Park | Thornhill Bridge Community Gardens 51°32′07″N0°07′02″W / 51.5353°N 0.1171°W | 2006 | Monica Shanta Brown | Mosaics | — |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Horizon | Canonbury Square, eastern section 51°32′37″N0°06′00″W / 51.5437°N 0.0999°W | 2019 | David Harber | Armillary sphere | — |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Justice, Mercy, Portrait of George III and other motifs | Middlesex Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green | 1779–1782 (building) | Joseph Nollekens | Relief sculptures | Grade II* | [3] |
 | Postal Workers' War Memorial Western Postal District | Mount Pleasant Mail Centre, Farringdon Road 51°31′29″N0°06′40″W / 51.5246°N 0.1111°W | 1920 | ? | Aedicule | Grade II | Unveiled 1 January 1920 at Wimpole Street Post Office, Marylebone. After that post office's closure in 1981 the memorial moved to the delivery offices in Rathbone Place; when they in turn closed in 2013 it moved to its current site. [4] |
 | Edgerunner | Owens Field, Goswell Road 51°31′50.8″N0°06′18″W / 51.530778°N 0.10500°W | Paul Neagu | Sculpture | Unveiled 25 July 2012 [5] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Samson and Deliah | Greenhill Rents 51°31′11″N0°06′10″W / 51.5198°N 0.1027°W | ~1609–1610 | Peter Paul Rubens | Painting | — | Copy made for the National Gallery's "On Tour" exhibition in 2007. [6] |
 | Memorial to Edward Johnston | Farringdon station | 2017 | Fraser Muggeridge | Mural | — | Unveiled 24 June 2019. Giant reversed wooden letters in the typeface Johnston designed for the London Underground. [7] |
 | Avalanche | Farringdon station | 2018 | Simon Periton | Glazing motif | — | A sequence of large diamonds appearing to tumble down the escalator, alluding to the jewellers, goldsmiths and ironsmiths of nearby Hatton Garden. [8] |
 | Spectre | Farringdon station | 2018 | Simon Periton | Glazing motif | — | Based on a drawing by Christopher Dresser titled Force and Energy (c. 1867–1873), contemporary with Smithfield Market which is adjacent to the station. Periton's design also references the etched glass found in Victorian pubs. [8] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Science and Agriculture | City, University of London, College Building | c. 1894 – c. 1896 | Paul Raphael Montford | Frieze | Grade II | [9] |
 More images | Finsbury War Memorial | Rosebery Avenue | 15 August 1921 | Thomas Rudge | War memorial with statue | Grade II | [10] |
 More images | Faceted Column | Corner of Chiswell Street and Finsbury Pavement 51°31′13″N0°05′15″W / 51.5204°N 0.0875°W | 1999 | Stephen Cox | Sculpture | — | [11] |
 | Memorial to the Moorgate tube crash | Finsbury Square | 2013 | ? | Memorial | — | Unveiled 28 July 2013. [12] |
 | Mercury | Top of Triton Court, Finsbury Square | ? | [13] | |||
| 2 figures of Triton the God | Triton Court, Finsbury Square | ||||||
| 4 females | Triton Court clock tower, Finsbury Square |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 More images | Crossed pistols tile motif | Finsbury Park station, Victoria line platforms | 1968 | Tom Eckersley | — | [14] | |
 | Balloon mosaics | Finsbury Park station, Piccadilly line platforms | 1983 | Annabel Grey | — | [15] | |
| Sustrans Portrait Bench | Outside Finsbury Park station 51°33′54″N0°06′20″W / 51.5649°N 0.1056°W | 2013 | ? | Sculpture | — | Depicts Jazzie B, Edith Garrud and Florence Keen. [16] [17] | |
| Gillespie Park triptych | Seven Sisters Road, by the entrance to Gillespie Park 51°33′50″N0°06′21″W / 51.5640°N 0.1058°W | 2013 | London School of Mosaic | Mosaic | — | Made with two local schools and approximately 20 volunteers; represents the flora and fauna of the park. Unveiled 2 December 2013. [18] [19] | |
| Elm Tree of Life | Finsbury Park station Wells Terrace entrance 51°33′55″N0°06′27″W / 51.5653°N 0.1076°W | 2020 | Carrie Reichardt, Karen Francesca and ATM | Mosaic | — | Opened 22 October 2020. [20] | |
| CIL Mosaic | City North Place, at junction with Goodwin Street 51°33′52″N0°06′27″W / 51.5645°N 0.1075°W | 2021 | Carrie Reichardt | Mosaic | — | Opened during the week of 20 September 2021. Commissioned by the Business Design Centre Group (BDCG) to honour Sam Morris, founder of BDCG and City Industrial Limited (CIL). [21] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 More images | Boer War Memorial | Highbury Fields | 1905 | Bertram Mackennal | War memorial with statue | Grade II | [22] |
 | Statue of Francis Bacon | Islington Central Library, Holloway Road | 1906 | Frederick Schenck | Statue in niche | Grade II | [22] |
 | Statue of Edmund Spenser | Islington Central Library, Holloway Road | 1906 | Frederick Schenck | Statue in niche | Grade II | [22] |
 | The Neighbours | Highbury Quadrant Estate 51°33′31″N0°05′37″W / 51.5585°N 0.0936°W | 1957 | Siegfried Charoux | Sculptural group | Grade II | [23] |
 More images | Highbury Manor tile motif | Highbury & Islington station, Victoria line platforms | 1968 | Edward Bawden | — | [24] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | St Aloysius' College War Memorial | Hornsey Lane 51°34′13″N0°08′20″W / 51.5703°N 0.1388°W | after 1918 | ? | Canopied calvary with relief | Grade II | The Carrara marble relief shows the Crucifixion with the Three Maries at the foot of the Cross. [25] |
 More images | Dick Whittington's cat | Whittington Stone, Highgate Hill 51°33′59″N0°08′13″W / 51.5665°N 0.1369°W | 1964 | Jonathan Kenworthy | Sculpture | Grade II | [26] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Prayer of Peace | Elthorne Park, Upper Holloway | 1986 | Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede | Sculpture | — | [27] |
 More images | Statue of Tony Adams | Emirates Stadium | 2011 | MDM | Statue | — | Unveiled 9 December 2011. [28] |
 More images | Statue of Herbert Chapman | Emirates Stadium | 2011 | MDM | Statue | — | Unveiled 9 December 2011. [29] |
 More images | Statue of Thierry Henry | Emirates Stadium | 2011 | Margot Roulleau-Gallais | Statue | — | Unveiled 9 December 2011. [30] |
 More images | Statue of Dennis Bergkamp | Emirates Stadium | 2014 | MDM | Statue | — | Unveiled 22 February 2014. [31] |
 More images | Statue of Ken Friar | Emirates Stadium | 2014 | MDM | Statue | — | Unveiled 28 February 2014. [32] |
| Memorial to Windrush and Commonwealth NHS nurses and midwives | Whittington Hospital | 2021 | ? | Sculpture | — | Unveiled 10 September 2021. [33] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft | Newington Green 51°33′05″N0°05′06″W / 51.5515°N 0.0851°W | 2020 | Maggi Hambling | Sculpture | — | Unveiled 10 November 2020. [34] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | War memorial at St Silas's Church | Risinghill Street 51°32′01″N0°06′42″W / 51.5335°N 0.1117°W | 1917 | Arthur George Walker | Memorial cross | Grade II |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Christ Healing the Blind Man | Moorfields Eye Hospital, King George V Extension | 1933–1935 (building) | Eric Gill | Relief sculpture | [35] | |
 | Opening the Lockgate | Outside 250 City Road, opposite City Road Basin | 2020 | Ian Rank-Broadley | Sculptural group | — | Commemorates the bicentenary of the Regent's Canal. The first of three works by the sculptor commissioned for the development; the others will be installed in 2021 and 2023. [36] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Frieze from Hall of Commerce, probably untitled, known as Commerce Welcoming All Nations and The Benefice of Commerce | Battishill Street Gardens, Napier Terrace. Originally in Edward Moxhay's Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle Street, demolished 1922. 51°32′23″N0°06′15″W / 51.539821°N 0.104189°W | 1842 1975 (unveiled on present site) | Musgrave Watson | Sculpted frieze | — | Frieze relocated for garden opening in 1975. [37] [38] |
 | Sculpture of hen with chicks | Hen and Chickens Theatre Bar, 109 St Paul's Road 51°32′46″N0°06′07″W / 51.5461°N 0.1020°W | 1854 | ? | Relief sculpture | — | [39] |
 | Sculpture of hounds chasing hare | 181 Upper Street (formerly the Hare and Hounds pub) 51°32′32″N0°06′11″W / 51.5421°N 0.1031°W | c. 1856 | ? | Relief sculpture | — | [40] |
 More images | Statue of Hugh Myddelton | Islington Green 51°32′09″N0°06′13″W / 51.5357°N 0.1036°W | 1862 | John Thomas | Statue | Grade II | [41] |
 | Sculpture of three wheatsheaves | 56 Upper Street (formerly the Three Wheatsheaves pub) 51°32′08″N0°06′15″W / 51.5355°N 0.1042°W | c. 1864 | ? | Relief sculpture | — | [42] |
 | Four caryatids | 116–118 Upper Street (formerly the Northern District Post Office) 51°32′18″N0°06′09″W / 51.5384°N 0.1025°W | c. 1906 | ? | Statues | Grade II | |
 | Female figure | 75 and 75A Upper Street (originally the entrance to the Electric Theatre cinema, 1908–1916) 51°32′11″N0°06′13″W / 51.5364°N 0.1037°W | 1908 | ? | Statue on dome | Grade II | The figure originally held an electric lighted globe. [43] |
 | Memorial to Thomas Paine | Angel Court, Owen Street | 1991 | Kevin Jordan | Obelisk | — | [44] |
 | Angel | Angel tube station | 1996 | Kevin Boys | Statue | — | [45] |
 | Angel on the Green | Anderson Square garden 51°32′12″N0°06′09″W / 51.5366°N 0.1026°W | 1999 | John Roberts | Statue | — | Unveiled 6 September 1999. [46] |
 More images | Angel Wings | N1 Retail Plaza, The Angel, Islington | 2003 | Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron | Sculpture | — | [47] |
 | Halo | N1 Retail Plaza, The Angel, Islington | 2003 | Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron | Sculpture | — | [47] |
 | Islington Green War Memorial | Islington Green | 2004 (replacing an earlier "temporary" war memorial) | John Maine | War memorial | — | [48] |
 | Street Cat Bob | Islington Green 51°32′11″N0°06′09″W / 51.5363°N 0.1026°W | 2021 | Tanya Russell | Bronze sculpture | — | Unveiled 15 July 2021. [49] |
 | Sculpture of Old Parr's head, plus other designs | 66 Cross Street / 290 Upper Street (formerly the Old Parr's Head pub) 51°32′23″N0°06′08″W / 51.5396°N 0.1023°W | ? | Relief sculptures | — | [50] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 More images | Statue of John Wesley | Wesley's Chapel, City Road 51°31′25″N0°05′14″W / 51.5237°N 0.0872°W | 1891 | John Adams-Acton | Statue | Grade II | [41] |
The London Borough of Islington is a London borough which forms part of Inner London, England. Islington has an estimated population of 215,667. It was formed in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, by the amalgamation of the metropolitan boroughs of Islington and Finsbury.
The Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was a metropolitan borough within the County of London from 1900 to 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Islington to form the London Borough of Islington.
Islington South and Finsbury is a constituency created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Emily Thornberry of the Labour Party. Thornberry served as Shadow Foreign Secretary from 2016 until 2020 and is currently Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales.
The Bobby Moore statue is a bronze sculpture of the former West Ham and England footballer Bobby Moore, situated directly outside England's national stadium, Wembley Stadium, in Wembley Park, north-west London. It commemorates the life of Moore, who captained the only England side ever to win the World Cup, defeating Germany 4–2 in the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final held in England at the old Wembley Stadium, demolished in 2003. Commissioned by the Football Association, it was unveiled outside the new stadium when it opened in 2007, fourteen years after Moore's death from cancer, aged 51. Standing 20 feet (6.1 m) tall on a stone plinth, it looks out over spectators as they walk down Wembley Way into the stadium. Sculpted by the Royal Sculptor Philip Jackson, it is Jackson's second piece featuring Moore, after the World Cup Sculpture unveiled in 2003.
The World Cup Sculpture, or simply The Champions, is a bronze statue of the 1966 World Cup Final located near the site of West Ham United Football Club's former Boleyn Ground stadium in the London Borough of Newham, England. It depicts a famous victory scene photographed after the final, held at the old Wembley Stadium in London, featuring Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson. It remains the only time the England national football team have won the World Cup, and England captain Moore is pictured held shoulder high by his colleagues, holding the Jules Rimet Trophy aloft.
The fourth plinth is the northwest plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London. It was originally intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV, but remained empty due to lack of funds. For over 150 years, its use was debated; in 1998, the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) commissioned three contemporary sculptures to be displayed temporarily on the plinth. Shortly afterwards, Chris Smith, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, commissioned Sir John Mortimer to seek opinions from public art commissioners, critics and members of the public as to its future. Mortimer's final report recommended that there continue to be a rolling programme of commissioned temporary artworks rather than settle permanently on one figure or idea.
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The statue of Clement Attlee on the Mile End campus of Queen Mary University of London is a bronze sculpture of the British Prime Minister, created by Frank Forster in 1988. The statue was commissioned by the Greater London Council and was intended to stand in Mile End Park. By the time of its completion in 1988, the GLC had been abolished and the statue was offered to any successor authority willing to pay the relocation costs. These were met by Tower Hamlets London Borough Council and the statue was erected outside the Limehouse Public Library to commemorate Attlee's role as the member for the Limehouse parliamentary constituency. The opening ceremony was carried out by Harold Wilson, the last living member of Attlee's 1945-51 administration. By the 21st century, the statue had been badly vandalised and was boarded up. In 2010, Tower Hamlets Council offered the statue to Queen Mary University of London on permanent loan. It was re-erected on a site at the Mile End Road campus, next to the People's Palace where Attlee had attended the vote counting in the 1945 general election and learnt of the victory which brought in his peace-time government.
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