List of public art in Kensington

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This is a list of public art in Kensington , a district in the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London.

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Map of public art in Kensington

City of Westminster

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Memorial to the Great Exhibition in the Kensington Gore, London 2013 (9).JPG
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Memorial to the Great Exhibition Kensington Gore

51°30′01″N0°10′38″W / 51.5004°N 0.1773°W / 51.5004; -0.1773 (Memorial to the Great Exhibition)
1863 Joseph Durham Sydney Smirke Statue with other sculpture Grade II Erected in June 1863 in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society in South Kensington. Moved to its present site in the early 1890s. [1] Another cast of the statue of Prince Albert is in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. [2]
Decorative shields around the Royal Albert Hall, June 2023 04.jpg
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Shields Royal Albert Hall c.1866 Godfrey Sykes Francis Fowke Reliefs Grade I 63 terracotta shields with 27 different charges, [3] installed after Sykes's early death in 1866. [4]
Imperial lions.jpg Lions Imperial College Road, at the foot of the Queen's Tower

51°29′55″N0°10′37″W / 51.4985°N 0.1769°W / 51.4985; -0.1769 (Lions)
1887 ? Thomas Edward Collcutt Sculpture [5]
Queen's Gate, Kensington (cropped).jpg
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Statue of Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala Queen's Gate

51°30′05″N0°10′49″W / 51.5013°N 0.1803°W / 51.5013; -0.1803 (Equestrian statue of Robert Napier)
1891 Joseph Edgar Boehm Equestrian statue Grade II Originally stood in Waterloo Place; moved to its current site in 1921. A replica of the statue to Napier in Kolkata. The boundary line with Kensington and Chelsea bisects the length of this statue. [6] In 2004 the artist Eleonora Aguiari wrapped the statue in bright red tape as a comment on Britain's imperialist past. [7]
Ognisko Polskie 1.JPG Memorial to the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 Façade of Ognisko Polskie, 55 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road elevation

51°29′57″N0°10′27″W / 51.4991°N 0.1741°W / 51.4991; -0.1741 (Memorial to the Hungarian Uprising on 1956)
1960Ferenc KovácsPlaque with relief sculpture [8]
Blackett Laboratory Front-On, Prince Consort Road (cropped).png Scientific Diagrams and Equations Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road

51°29′59″N0°10′45″W / 51.4997°N 0.1792°W / 51.4997; -0.1792 (Scientific Diagrams and Equations)
1960 John Rattenbury Skeaping Architectural sculpture [9]
Albert Hall (4).jpg Mosaic Royal Albert Hall, South Porch

51°30′02″N0°10′38″W / 51.500481°N 0.177305°W / 51.500481; -0.177305 (Mosaic)
2003Shelagh Wakely(made by Trevor Caley) Building Design Partnership (South Porch)MosaicInstalled on the pediment of the Building Design Partnership's new South Porch of 2003, [10] the 60,000-piece mosaic is inspired by chaos theory [11] and by the existing, Victorian frieze on the Albert Hall's façade. [12]
Royal Geographical Society, Exhibition Road.jpg Balustrade Royal Geographical Society, Exhibition Road

51°30′04″N0°10′29″W / 51.501086°N 0.174730°W / 51.501086; -0.174730 (Balustrade, Royal Geographical Society)
2004Eleanor LongCraig DownieGlass balustradeImages of contours, maps and landscapes are etched into the glass panels. [13] [14]
Velocity Wave, Imperial College Sports Centre.JPG Velocity Wave [13] Imperial College Sports Centre, Prince's Gardens

51°30′00″N0°10′24″W / 51.499968°N 0.173379°W / 51.499968; -0.173379 (Velocity Wave)
2004–2006Pat Kaufman Arup Associates Glass balustradeThe artist consulted scientists at Imperial College researching into the velocity wave patterns of different sporting activities. These patterns were etched into the glass panes at the entrance ramps and stairs to the sports centre, and infilled with resin and gold leaf. The balustrade is lit at night by white LED lights. [15]
Statue of Elizabeth II Royal Albert Hall, South Porch2022Poppy FieldStatue in nicheUnveiled 11 November 2023 by Charles III and Queen Camilla. Elizabeth II is shown as she would have appeared in the mid-1960s, wearing the Vladimir Tiara and Delhi Durbar Necklace. [16] [17]
Statue of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Royal Albert Hall, South Porch2022Poppy FieldStatue in nicheUnveiled 11 November 2023, a pendant to the statue of Elizabeth II. Prince Philip is shown in white tie, wearing several of his orders and military medals, gazing towards the Queen. [16] [18]

Royal Albert Hall frieze

Detail of the frieze Frieze on the Royal Albert Hall 2008 01.jpg
Detail of the frieze

The exterior of the Royal Albert Hall (built in 1867–1871 to the designs of Francis Fowke and Henry Young Darracott Scott) is embellished with a mosaic frieze composed of sixteen separate designs by multiple artists. This was assembled from 800 slabs prepared by attendees of the South Kensington Museum's mosaic class; the terracotta was manufactured by Minton, Hollins and Company. The designs are listed below in anti-clockwise order from the north. [19]

#SubjectArtistDesignation
1Various Countries of the World Bringing in Their Offerings to the Exhibition of 1851 Edward Poynter Grade I
2Music Frederick Richard Pickersgill
3SculptureFrederick Richard Pickersgill
4PaintingFrederick Richard Pickersgill
5Princes, Art Patrons and Artists Edward Armitage
6Workers in Stone William Frederick Yeames
7Workers in Wood and BrickWilliam Frederick Yeames
8ArchitectureWilliam Frederick Yeames
9The Infancy of the Arts and SciencesFrederick Richard Pickersgill
10Agriculture Henry Stacy Marks
11Horticulture and Land SurveyingHenry Stacy Marks
12Astronomy and NavigationHenry Stacy Marks
13A Group of Philosophers, Sages and StudentsEdward Armitage
14Engineering John Callcott Horsley
15The Mechanical Powers Henry Hugh Armstead
16Pottery and GlassmakingFrederick Richard Pickersgill

Royal Geographical Society

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Sir Clements Robert Markham Bust.jpg Bust of Clements Markham Courtyard1921 F. W. Pomeroy Bust Grade II* [20]
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Statue of Ernest Shackleton Exhibition Road façade

51°30′05″N0°10′29″W / 51.5015°N 0.17479°W / 51.5015; -0.17479 (Statue of Ernest Shackleton)
1927–1932 Charles Sargeant Jagger Statue in niche Grade II* [21] [22]
Statue of David Livingstone, Royal Geographical Society.jpg
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Statue of David Livingstone Kensington Gore façade

51°30′06″N0°10′30″W / 51.50161°N 0.17498°W / 51.50161; -0.17498 (Statue of David Livingston)
1953 T. B. Huxley-Jones Statue in niche Grade II* [20]

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Warwick Gardens - Victoria Column - geograph.org.uk - 1540760.jpg
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Queen Victoria MonumentWarwick Gardens

51°29′49″N0°12′15″W / 51.4969°N 0.2042°W / 51.4969; -0.2042 (Queen Victoria Monument)
1904H. L. FlorenceCommemorative column Grade II [23]
Kensington War Memorial 20200112 092102 (49371381593).jpg
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Kensington War MemorialKensington Church Street, southern end

51°30′08″N0°11′28″W / 51.5022°N 0.1911°W / 51.5022; -0.1911 (Kensington War Memorial)
1922 F. W. Pomeroy Major Hubert C. CorletteWar memorial Grade II Unveiled 1 July 1922 by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. [24]
Kensington Central Library 10.JPG Genius Kensington Central Library

51°30′05″N0°11′40″W / 51.5015°N 0.1944°W / 51.5015; -0.1944 (Genius)
1958 William McMillan E. Vincent Harris Architectural sculpture Grade II* [25]
Bust of Geoffrey Chaucer Kensington Central Library 1958 William McMillan E. Vincent Harris Architectural sculpture Grade II* [26]
Bust of William Caxton Kensington Central Library 1958 William McMillan E. Vincent Harris Architectural sculpture Grade II* [27]
Statue of a lion with the Royal coat of arms Outside Kensington Central Library, facing Phillimore Walk

51°30′05″N0°11′40″W / 51.5013°N 0.1945°W / 51.5013; -0.1945 (Lion with Royal coat of arms)
1958 William McMillan E. Vincent Harris Architectural sculpture Grade II* [28]
Statue of a unicorn with the Royal coat of arms Outside Kensington Central Library, facing Phillimore Walk

51°30′05″N0°11′39″W / 51.5014°N 0.1941°W / 51.5014; -0.1941 (Unicorn with Royal coat of arms)
1958 William McMillan E. Vincent Harris Architectural sculpture Grade II* [29]
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Head of InventionOutside the Design Museum

51°29′58″N0°11′58″W / 51.4995°N 0.1995°W / 51.4995; -0.1995 (Head of Invention)
1989 Eduardo Paolozzi Sculpture
Head of the Stairs by Ivor Abrahams.jpg Head of the StairsHornton Street

51°30′06″N0°11′42″W / 51.5017°N 0.1950°W / 51.5017; -0.1950 (Head of the Stairs)
2000 Ivor Abrahams Sculpture [30]

Holland Park

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Found His Niche (8076960913).jpg
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The Ancient Melancholy ManHolland Park16th century ?Statue [31]
Milo of Croton sculpture, Holland Park (cropped).jpg
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Milo of Croton Trying His StrengthHolland Park19th centuryAfter Edme Dumont SculptureDonated by the Friends of Holland Park in 2003. [32]
Statue of Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland 1.jpg
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Statue of Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland Holland Park

51°30′15″N0°12′12″W / 51.5042°N 0.2034°W / 51.5042; -0.2034 (Statue of Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland)
1872 George Frederic Watts and Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue Grade II Unveiled 1926. [33]
Boy with Bear Cubs sculpture, Holland Park 02.jpg
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Boy with Bear CubsHolland Park1902 John Macallan Swan Statue on pedestal [34]
Sun Worshipper, Holland Park.jpg
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Sun WorshipperThe Café, Holland Park1910 Jacob Epstein Limestone relief panel [35]
Annunciation, sculpture in Holland Park 02.jpg
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AnnunciationHolland Park2000 Andrew Burton Sculpture [36]
Caesura VI.jpg Caesura VIHolland Park2000 Charles Hadcock Sculpture [37]
Tortoise sundial, Holland Park - geograph.org.uk - 788995.jpg
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Tortoises with Triangle and Time Holland Park2000 Wendy Taylor Sundial with sculpture in bronze [38]
Tonda,a sculpture in Holland Park 02.jpg
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TondaHolland Park2014Jonathan LoxleyAbstract sculpture in honey onyx [39]
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Walking ManHolland Park2014 Sean Henry Statue [40]

North Kensington and Notting Hill

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Coat of arms of the National Bank Limited (Azure a harp Or within an orle of bezants)Pembridge Gardens, on side of Royal Bank of Scotland, Notting Hill Gate

51°30′33″N0°11′47″W / 51.5092°N 0.1965°W / 51.5092; -0.1965 (Coat of arms of the National Bank Limited)
1950s ?Architectural sculpture (relief)The National Bank was based in Ireland, and had a branch here. Its British operations were eventually acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1985. [41]
NottingHill StSava arches.jpg Mosaic of Saint Sava Façade of St Sava's Serbian Orthodox Church, Notting Hill

51°31′01″N0°12′32″W / 51.5169°N 0.2088°W / 51.5169; -0.2088 (Mosaic of Saint Sava)
1952 c.1952Mosaic [42]
Ruler of Ukraine statuette Volodymir bright.JPG
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Statue of Saint Volodymyr Holland Park Avenue

51°30′27″N0°12′15″W / 51.5074°N 0.2041°W / 51.5074; -0.2041 (Statue of Saint Volodymyr)
1988 Leo Mol StatueUnveiled 29 May 1988. Commemorates the 1,000th anniversary of the Christianisation of Kievan Rus'. Later in 1988, another statue of the saint by the same sculptor was erected in Rome. [43]
Elephant sculpture outside Newcombe House, Notting Hill Gate W11 - geograph.org.uk - 2194103.jpg Carnival ElephantOutside Waterstone's, Notting Hill Gate

51°30′32″N0°11′45″W / 51.5090°N 0.1957°W / 51.5090; -0.1957 (Carnival Elephant)
2003 Nadim Karam Sculpture [44]
Two Carnival FiguresOn roof of Waterstone's, Notting Hill Gate

51°30′32″N0°11′44″W / 51.5090°N 0.1956°W / 51.5090; -0.1956 (Two Carnival Figures)
2003 Nadim Karam Architectural sculptures [44]

South Kensington

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Statue de Robert Napier Londres.jpg
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Statue of Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala Queen's Gate

51°30′05″N0°10′49″W / 51.5013°N 0.1803°W / 51.5013; -0.1803 (Statue of Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala)
1891 Joseph Edgar Boehm Equestrian statue Grade II Originally stood in Waterloo Place; moved to its current site in 1921. A replica of the statue to Napier in Kolkata. The boundary line with the City of Westminster bisects the length of this statue. [6] In 2004 the artist Eleonora Aguiari wrapped the statue in bright red tape as a comment on Britain's imperialist past. [7]
Entrance to the Royal School of Mines, left hand figures.jpg Bust of Julius Wernher Royal School of Mines

51°30′00″N0°10′33″W / 51.4999°N 0.1757°W / 51.4999; -0.1757 (Bust of Julius Wernher)
1910 Paul Raphael Montford Aston Webb Bust Grade II [45]
Entrance to the Royal School of Mines, right hand figures.jpg Bust of Alfred Beit Royal School of Mines

51°30′00″N0°10′33″W / 51.4999°N 0.1758°W / 51.4999; -0.1758 (Bust of Alfred Beit)
1910 Paul Raphael Montford Aston Webb Bust Grade II [45]
St Augustine's, Queen's Gate, London 06.JPG War memorialOutside St Augustine's Church, Queen's Gate

1°29′36″N0°10′42″W / 1.4932°N 0.1783°W / 1.4932; -0.1783 (St Augustine's Church War Memorial)
After 1918 ?Calvary [46]
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Statue of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Baden-Powell House, Queen's Gate

51°29′44″N0°10′45″W / 51.4956°N 0.1793°W / 51.4956; -0.1793 (Statue of Robert Baden-Powell)
1961 Don Potter StatueUnveiled in 1961 by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, who was President of the Scout Association. [47] A preparatory model is in the collection of the Scouts Heritage Service in Gilwell Park, Essex. [48]
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Yalta Memorial ( Twelve Responses to Tragedy ) Yalta Memorial Garden, Cromwell Road

51°29′45″N0°10′21″W / 51.4957°N 0.1724°W / 51.4957; -0.1724 (Yalta Memorial)
1986 Angela Conner Replaced original version of 1981, destroyed by vandals in 1982.
Statue of Bela Bartok, South Kensington, London (17859144779).jpg
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Statue of Béla Bartók South Kensington tube station

51°29′37″N0°10′26″W / 51.4937°N 0.17381°W / 51.4937; -0.17381 (Statue of Béla Bartók)
2004 Imre Varga StatueThe statue, a copy of one in Budapest, faces the house on Sydney Place where the composer stayed on several visits to London. [47]
A memorial to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami at the Natural History Museum, London.jpg Memorial to victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Darwin Centre courtyard, Natural History Museum

51°29′47″N0°10′42″W / 51.4963°N 0.1784°W / 51.4963; -0.1784 (Memorial to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami)
2011Carmody Groarke ArchitectsMemorialUnveiled 6 July 2011 by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. [49] 4.1m³ of granite with one corner cut away, the largest single block of stone to be transported in Great Britain since the building of Stonehenge. Michael Holland, the memorial's principal organiser, lost his mother, wife and daughter to the tsunami. [50]
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Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace Natural History Museum. Originally outside the Darwin Centre 2 building, near the wildlife garden, later moved indoors [51] 2013 Anthony Smith StatueUnveiled 7 November 2013, the centenary of Wallace’s death, by David Attenborough. The statue depicts Wallace at the moment of his discovery of the golden birdwing butterfly in the Bacan Islands of Ind­o­nesia. [52]
Fern
Diplodocus
Evolution Garden, Natural History Museum2024 Factum Arte and Structure WorkshopSculptureUnveiled 16 July 2024. A bronze cast of the famous specimen Dippy ; the name was chosen by local school­children. [53] [54]
Hypsilophodon Evolution Garden, Natural History Museum2024Sculpture [53]

Victoria and Albert Museum

SubjectNotesTypeLocationDateSculptorSource
Queen Victoria
Statue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Alfred Drury [55]
Prince Albert
StatueCromwell Road façade1905 Alfred Drury [55]
Saint George
Statue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Alfred Drury [55]
Saint Michael
Statue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Alfred Drury [55]
9 allegorical figures
Relief panelsCromwell Road façade1905 Alfred Drury [55]
Inspiration and Knowledge
Statues in nichesCromwell Road façade1905 Alfred Drury [55]
Truth and Beauty
Reliefs in spandrelsCromwell Road façade1905 George Frampton [55]
Edward VII
Statue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 William Goscombe John [55]
Alexandra of Denmark
Statue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 William Goscombe John [55]
Grinling Gibbons SculptorStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 William Silver Frith [56]
John Bacon SculptorStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 William Silver Frith [57]
John Flaxman SculptorStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905Bertram Pegram [58]
Francis Leggatt Chantrey SculptorStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905Bertram Pegram [59]
John Henry Foley SculptorStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905James Gamble [55]
Alfred Stevens SculptorStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905James Gamble [60]
William Hogarth PainterStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905Reuben Sheppard [61]
Joshua Reynolds PainterStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905Reuben Sheppard [62]
Thomas Gainsborough PainterStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Stanley Nicholson Babb [63]
George Romney PainterStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Stanley Nicholson Babb [64]
Richard Cosway PainterStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Ernest Gillick [65]
J. M. W. Turner PainterStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Ernest Gillick [66]
John Constable PainterStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905Vincent Hill [67]
George Frederic Watts PainterStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Richard Reginald Goulden [68]
Frederic, Lord Leighton PainterStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Gilbert Bayes [69]
John Everett Millais PainterStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905James Stevenson ("Myrander") [55]
William of Wykeham ArchitectStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905J. Wenlock Rollins [70]
John Thorpe ArchitectStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905J. Wenlock Rollins [60]
Inigo Jones ArchitectStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905Oliver Wheatley [55]
Christopher Wren ArchitectStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905Oliver Wheatley [71]
William Chambers ArchitectStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Gilbert Bayes [72]
Charles Barry ArchitectStatue in nicheCromwell Road façade1905 Gilbert Bayes [73]
Saint Dunstan CraftsmanStatue in nicheExhibition Road façade1905 Frank Lynn Jenkins [55]
William Torell MetalworkerStatue in nicheExhibition Road façade1905 Frank Lynn Jenkins [55]
William Caxton PrinterStatue in nicheExhibition Road façade1905 Paul Raphael Montford [55]
George Heriot GoldsmithStatue in nicheExhibition Road façade1905 Paul Raphael Montford [55]
Huntingdon Shaw SmithStatue in nicheExhibition Road façade1905Abraham Broadbent [55]
Thomas Tompion ClockmakerStatue in nicheExhibition Road façade1905Abraham Broadbent [55]
Thomas Chippendale Furniture makerStatue in nicheExhibition Road façade1905 Albert Hodge [55]
Josiah Wedgwood PotterStatue in nicheExhibition Road façade1905 Albert Hodge [55]
Roger Payne BookbinderStatue in nicheExhibition Road façade1905 Arthur George Walker [55]
William Morris Textile designerStatue in nicheExhibition Road façade1905 Arthur George Walker [55]

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