List of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Timepiece (1973) by Wendy Taylor, with Tower Bridge in the background

This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets .

Map of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Bethnal Green

Main article: Bethnal Green

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Lesson	Junction of Gosset Street and Turin Street, Avebury Estate 51°31′40″N0°04′07″W / 51.5277°N 0.0687°W / 51.5277; -0.0687 (Lesson)	1956–1957	Franta Belsky	—	Sculptural group	Bronze		Grade II	Unveiled in July 1959 by Isaac Hayward. [1]
More images	Blind Beggar and his Dog	Cranbrook Estate 51°31′47″N0°02′42″W / 51.5298°N 0.0449°W / 51.5298; -0.0449 (Blind Beggar and his Dog)	1958	Elisabeth Frink	—	Sculptural group	Bronze		Grade II*	[2]
More images	Stairway to Heaven Bethnal Green tube station disaster	Bethnal Green tube station	2017	—	Harry Paticas	War memorial			—	[3]

Bromley-by-Bow

Main article: Bromley-by-Bow

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bromley-by-Bow (North East Ward) War Memorial	Bromley Recreation Ground, St Leonard's Street 51°31′36″N0°00′46″W / 51.5268°N 0.0128°W / 51.5268; -0.0128 (Bromley-by-Bow (North East Ward) War Memorial)	1921	—	Harris & Son	Obelisk	—	[4]

Isle of Dogs

Main article: Isle of Dogs

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Isle of Dogs War Memorial	Christ Church, Manchester Road 51°29′20″N0°00′24″W / 51.4890°N 0.0067°W / 51.4890; -0.0067 (Isle of Dogs War Memorial)	after 1918	?	Crucifix	Portland stone, timber and cast iron		Grade II	[5]
More images	London River Man	Ensign House, Marsh Wall	1987	John W. Mills		Bronze	figure 145 cm (57 in) high		[6]
More images	Leap	Jamestown Harbour	1987–1989	Franta Belsky					[7]
	Domino Players	Clove Crescent	1992	Kim Bennet					[8]
	On Strange And Distant Islands	Westferry Road portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel 51°30′28″N0°01′45″W / 51.5077°N 0.0291°W / 51.5077; -0.0291 (On Strange And Distant Islands)	1992	Michael Kenny	Sculpture	Limestone, marble, stainless steel		—	[9]
	Untitled	Eastern portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel 51°30′31″N0°01′21″W / 51.5085°N 0.0225°W / 51.5085; -0.0225 (Untitled)	1992	Nigel Hall	Sculpture	Weathering steel	9 m tall	—	[9]
More images	Figurehead for Docklands	Poplar Dock	1997	Anna Bisset					[10]
More images	Traffic Light Tree	roundabout on Trafalgar Way, outside Billingsgate Market (since 2013)	1998	Pierre Vivant					[11]
More images	Hibbert Gate	Adjacent to North Dock West	2000	Leo Stevenson					[12]
More images	Renaissance	Nutmeg Lane, East India Dock		Maurice Blik					[13]

Canary Wharf

Main article: Canary Wharf

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	London Joint City and Midland Bank War Memorial	8 Canada Square 51°30′18″N0°01′08″W / 51.5049°N 0.0188°W / 51.5049; -0.0188 (London Joint City and Midland Bank War Memorial)	1921	Albert Toft	Tablets in architectural surround with flanking sculptures	Marble and bronze			[14]
More images	Testa Addormentata	Corner of Bank Street and Upper Bank Street	1983	Igor Mitoraj					[15]
More images	Couple on a Seat	Cabot Square	1984	Lynn Chadwick					[16]
More images	Centurione I	Columbus Courtyard	1987	Igor Mitoraj					[17]
More images	Spirit of Enterprise	South Dock, Canary Wharf 51°30′9.83″N0°1′29.04″W / 51.5027306°N 0.0247333°W / 51.5027306; -0.0247333	1987	Wendy Taylor					[18]
More images	Two Men on a Bench	Cabot Square	1990	Giles Penny					[19]
	Gate	Westferry Circus	1992	Giuseppe Lund					[20]
More images	Centauro	Upper Bank Street	1994	Igor Mitoraj					[21]
More images	Man With Arms Open	West India Avenue	1995	Giles Penny					[22]
	Minotaur and Hare on Bench	Wood Wharf 51°30′06″N0°00′51″W / 51.5018°N 0.0143°W / 51.5018; -0.0143 (Minotaur and Hare on Bench)	1995	Sophie Ryder		Bronze			[23]
	Portrait relief of Michael von Clemm	Cabot Square	1998	Gerald Laing					[24]
More images	Original Form	25 North Colonnade	1999	Keith Rand					[25]
More images	Six Public Clocks	Reuters Plaza	1999	Konstantin Grcic					[26]
More images	Vanishing Point	Westferry Circus	1999	Jay Battle					[27]
	Windwand	Canary Riverside 51°30′20.87″N0°1′41.43″W / 51.5057972°N 0.0281750°W / 51.5057972; -0.0281750 (Windwand)	2000	Ron Arad		carbon fibre	50 m (160 ft) high		[28]
More images	Returning to Embrace	10 Cabot Square	2000	Jon Buck					[29]
	Speaking of the River	Canary Riverside 51°30′22.48″N0°1′43.72″W / 51.5062444°N 0.0288111°W / 51.5062444; -0.0288111 (Speaking of the River)	2000	Constance DeJong	audio benches				[28]
More images	Columbus Screen	Columbus Courtyard	2000	Wendy Ramshaw					[30]
	12 Planters	Columbus Courtyard 51°30′22.53″N0°1′30.69″W / 51.5062583°N 0.0251917°W / 51.5062583; -0.0251917 (12 Planters)	2001–2002	Tatiana Orloff		bronze			[28]
More images	It Takes Two	One Canada Square	2002	Bob Allen					[31]
More images	HSBC lions	8 Canada Square	2002	after W. W. Wagstaff
	Arbor	Montgomery Square	2003	Nigel Ross					[32]
	Cross Way	Montgomery Square	2003	Nigel Ross					[32]
	Sacrificial Anode	Montgomery Square	2007	Eilis O'Connell					[33]
More images	Sasso Cosmico	Westferry Circus	2007	Do König Vassilakis					[34]
	Chimney	Westferry Circus 51°30′19.74″N0°1′34.55″W / 51.5054833°N 0.0262639°W / 51.5054833; -0.0262639 (Chimney)	2008	Andrew Burton		recycled fired bricks, steel			[28]
	Avatar	Westferry Circus	2009	Robert Worley					[35]
More images	Torsion II	Bank Street, Jubilee Park exit	2009–2011	Charles Hadcock					[36]
More images	Drawing Cube (Blue)	Montgomery Square	2010	Suresh Dutt					[37]
	Turning Point	Wood Wharf 51°30′10″N0°00′52″W / 51.5028°N 0.0144°W / 51.5028; -0.0144 (Turning Point)	2010	Oliver Barratt		Painted bronze			[38]
	Opening Lines	Wood Wharf 51°30′10″N0°00′51″W / 51.5028°N 0.0141°W / 51.5028; -0.0141 (Opening Lines)	2010	Oliver Barratt		Painted bronze			[38]
	A Beautiful Sunset Mistaken for a Dawn	Docklands Light Railway bridge over Middle Dock	2012	Sinta Tantra	Mural	Paint	30 m (98 ft) long		[39] [40]
	Fortuna	Jubilee Park 51°30′13″N0°01′08″W / 51.5035°N 0.0190°W / 51.5035; -0.0190 (Fortuna)	2016	Helaine Blumenfeld		Bronze			[41]
	The Knot	Wood Wharf 51°30′10″N0°00′53″W / 51.5028°N 0.0146°W / 51.5028; -0.0146 (The Knot)	2017	Richard Hudson		Mirrored steel			[42]
	Transitions	Crossrail Place, Everyman lobby	2019	Michal Rovner	Video art		16 m (52 ft) long		[43]
	Metamorphosis	Wood Wharf 51°30′07″N0°00′53″W / 51.5019°N 0.0147°W / 51.5019; -0.0147 (Metamorphosis)	2019	Helaine Blumenfeld		Bronze			[44]
More images	Captivated by Colour	Adams Plaza Bridge (interior)	2020	Camille Walala	Mural	Vinyl			[45] [46]
	Click Your Heels Together Three Times	Adams Plaza Bridge (underside)	2023	Adam Nathaniel Furman	Wrapping				[47]
	Elantica 'The Boulder'	Crossrail Place 51°30′21″N0°01′04″W / 51.5059°N 0.0179°W / 51.5059; -0.0179 (Elantica 'The Boulder')	2023	Tom & Lien Dekyvere	Sculpture	Circuit boards			Originally part of the Canary Wharf Winter Lights festival, now a permanent installation. [48]

Limehouse

Main article: Limehouse

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Limehouse (St Anne's) War Memorial	St Anne's churchyard, Commercial Road 51°30′44″N0°01′48″W / 51.5121°N 0.0300°W / 51.5121; -0.0300 (Limehouse War Memorial)	1921	Arthur George Walker	Statue	Grade II	Unveiled 28 May 1921. [49]
More images	Ratcliff Memorial Cross	St James's Gardens, Butcher Row 51°30′40″N0°02′30″W / 51.5110°N 0.0416°W / 51.5110; -0.0416 (Ratcliff Memorial Cross)	1923	?	Memorial cross	Grade II	Unveiled 15 April 1923. [50]
	Restless Dream	Western portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel 51°30′39″N0°02′25″W / 51.5108°N 0.0403°W / 51.5108; -0.0403 (Restless Dream)	1992	Zadok Ben-David	Sculpture	—	[9]
	Herring Gull	Narrow Street 51°30′32″N0°02′00″W / 51.5089°N 0.0334°W / 51.5089; -0.0334 (Herring Gull)	1994	Jane Ackroyd	Sculpture	—	[51] [52]
	Another Time XVI	River Thames off Limehouse 51°30′31″N0°02′02″W / 51.5086°N 0.0339°W / 51.5086; -0.0339 (Another Time XVI)	2012	Antony Gormley	Sculpture	—	[53] [54]

Mile End and Bow

Main articles: Mile End and Bow, London

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue of William Ewart Gladstone	In front of Bow Church, Bow Road	1882	Albert Bruce-Joy	Statue	Grade II
	Bust of Edward VII	39 Mile End Road	1911	?	Bust	Grade II	Unveiled 12 October 1911. [55]
	Memorial to George Lansbury	Bow Road	1955		Memorial	—	[56]
	Bryant & May War Memorial	Grove Hall Park 51°31′46″N0°01′04″W / 51.5295°N 0.0178°W / 51.5295; -0.0178 (Bryant & May War Memorial)	1958	?	Memorial cross	Grade II	[57]
	Statue of Clement Attlee	Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus	1988	Frank Forster	Statue	—	Unveiled 30 November 1988 in its original location, outside Limehouse Library, by Harold Wilson, the last living member of Attlee's cabinet. [58] The figure holds a copy of the National Assistance Act 1948. In 2005 the work was badly vandalised and was boxed up to prevent further damage; it was removed to its current location in 2010. [59] Peter Mandelson gave the statue its second unveiling on 4 April 2011. [60]
	Knowledge	Library Square, Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus	2003	Wendy Taylor	Sculpture	—	An abstract representation of knowledge in stainless steel. The sphere with its smooth surface stands for the world and the ease with which knowledge can spread and be shared. The arms attached to the globe represent the giving and acceptance of knowledge. [61]
	Sculptural seating	Mile End Park 51°31′36″N0°02′20″W / 51.5267°N 0.0390°W / 51.5267; -0.0390 (Sculptural seating)	2006	Leona Matuszczak	Sculptural benches	—	Group of four sculptural benches made from concrete. [62]
More images	Sustrans Portrait Bench	Mile End Park 51°31′41″N0°02′24″W / 51.5281°N 0.0400°W / 51.5281; -0.0400 (Sustrans Portrait Bench)	2011	?	Sculpture	—	Unveiled 15 August 2011. Depicts Sylvia Pankhurst, Ledley King, and a towpath horse (not pictured). [63] [64]
	Elephant in the Room	Library Square, Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus	2017	Hannah Stewart and Chierol Lai	Sculpture	—	A sculpture in bronze resin of a sleeping baby elephant, intended to raise awareness of mental health issues and commissioned following a competition run by Queen Mary Students' Union. [65] [66]

Poplar and Blackwall

Main articles: Poplar, London and Blackwall, London

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	The White Horse	Corner of Poplar High Street and Saltwell Street 51°30′34″N0°01′16″W / 51.5094°N 0.0212°W / 51.5094; -0.0212 (The White Horse)	18th century	?	Wooden sculpture	Grade II	Sign for a pub demolished in 2003.
	Female figure (formerly holding a cornucopia)	Lansbury Lawrence School, Poplar	Mid-19th century	?	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	From the Horn of Plenty pub, which stood on or near this site; mounted on the wall of the newly built school in 1951. [67] [68]
More images	Statue of Richard Green	East India Dock Road	1865/1866	Edward William Wyon	Statue	Grade II	[69]
	Blackwall tunnel plaque	Blackwall Tunnel northern approach, south of East India Dock Road 51°30′41″N0°00′26″W / 51.5113°N 0.0073°W / 51.5113; -0.0073 (Blackwall Tunnel plaque)	1897	Alfred Drury	Commemorative plaque	—	Originally located on the original entrance gateway, demolished in 1959.
More images	Children's Memorial	Poplar Recreation Ground	1919	A. R. Adams		Grade II	Unveiled 23 June 1919. [70] Commemorates the 18 children who were killed in a bombing raid (the first daylight raid of World War I) on Upper North Street School on 13 June 1917. [71]
More images	Poplar (St Michael and All Angels) War Memorial	St Leonard's Road	1920	A. R. Adams	Sculptural group	Grade II	Unveiled 4 December 1920 by the Duke of York (the future George V). [72]
	Poplar Rates Rebellion Mural Poplar Rates Rebellion	Hale Street 51°30′35″N0°01′03″W / 51.5096°N 0.0176°W / 51.5096; -0.0176 (Poplar Rates Rebellion Mural)	1990	Mark Francis	Mural	—	[73]
	Shadow Play	In front of Compass House, Mulberry Place	1992	Dave King			[69]
	Aerobic	Leamouth Roundabout 51°30′39″N0°00′04″E / 51.51085°N 0.00104°E / 51.51085; 0.00104 (Aerobic)	1993	Allen Jones			[52]
	Mariner's Astrolabe, Virginia Quay Settlers Monument	Jamestown Way	1999	Wendy Taylor		Grade II	[69]
	Acorn Wall Relief	Brunswick Wharf	2003	Wendy Taylor			[69]
	Statue of Teddy Baldock	Langdon Park	2014	Carl Payne	Statue	—	Unveiled 15 May 2014. [74]
	Meridians and Metaphors	Near the junction of Clove Crescent and Saffron Avenue		David Jacobson

St Katharine Docks

Main article: St Katharine Docks

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Cannon	Entrance to St Katharine Docks	18th century				[75]
	Anchor of Amsterdam	St Katharine Docks, at entrance to East Dock	1748 (placed here 1980s)				[75]
More images	Girl with Dolphin	Beside River Thames between Tower Bridge and entrance to docks	1973	David Wynne			[75]
More images	Timepiece	Entrance to St Katharine Docks	1973	Wendy Taylor		Grade II	[75]
	Elephants	Entrance to Ivory House, on gateposts	1973	Peter Drew			[75]
	Silver Jubilee Crystal Crown	Tower Hotel	1977	Arthur Fleischmann	Relief
	Geese	Thomas More Street	1990	David Norris			[75]
	To Meet Again	Thomas More Street	1990	Michael Beck			[75]
	Angelic Musician	Thomas More Street	1991	Carl Milles			[75]
	Exotic Birds and other sculptures	Various locations around St Katharine Docks	1995–1997	Paula Haughney			[75]
More images	Rope Circle	Hermitage Basin	1997	Wendy Taylor			[75]
	Voyager	Cinnabar Wharf East	2000	Wendy Taylor			[75]

Shadwell

Main article: Shadwell

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Memorial to Edward VII	King Edward Memorial Park	1922	Bertram Mackennal	Drinking fountain (formerly)		The bronze portrait medallion of Edward VII was stolen in 2007. [76]
	Navigators' Memorial	King Edward Memorial Park	1922	?	Commemorative stone		[76]
	Decorative enamel panels	Shadwell railway station	1995	Sarah McMenemy	Murals	—	[77]

Spitalfields

Main article: Spitalfields

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	The Whitechapel Threads	Bethnal Green Road, between Sclater Street and Braithwaite Street 51°31′25″N0°04′29″W / 51.5236°N 0.0747°W / 51.5236; -0.0747 (The Whitechapel Threads)	1996	Tim Coppard and Hattie Coppard	Bronze sculpture	—	The plaque reads “The threads are a reminder of the importance of the garment and textile industries in this part of London and of the many communities who have lived and worked in the area.”
	Brick Lane Arch / Banglatown Arch	Brick Lane 51°31′04″N0°04′15″W / 51.5177°N 0.0709°W / 51.5177; -0.0709 (Brick Lane Arch / Banglatown Arch)	1997	Mina Thakur	Decorative arch	—	Using the colours red and green of the flag of Bangladesh, marks the entrance to "Banglatown" on Brick Lane. Renovated in 2022. [78]
	Vortex	Lamb Street	1999	Barbara Sandler	Sculpture	—	[79]
More images	I Goat	Brushfield Street	2011	Kenny Hunter	Sculpture	—	[80]
	Wooden Boat with Seven People	Brushfield Street	2011	Kalliopi Lemos	Sculpture	—	[81]
	The Land is Calling	Brick Lane 51°31′04″N0°04′15″W / 51.5178°N 0.0708°W / 51.5178; -0.0708 (The Land is Calling)	2022	Mohammed Ali	Mural	—	Commissioned for the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence [82] [83]

Tower Hill

Main article: Tower Hill

See also: List of public art in the City of London § Tower

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Merchant Navy First World War Memorial	Trinity Square Gardens 51°30′35″N0°04′40″W / 51.5096°N 0.0777°W / 51.5096; -0.0777 (Merchant Navy First World War Memorial)	1928	William Reid Dick	Edwin Lutyens	War memorial	Grade I	[84]
	Memorial to Charles Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield	41 Trinity Square	1937	Cecil Thomas	—	Portrait plaque	Grade II	[85]
More images	Merchant Navy Second World War Memorial	Trinity Square Gardens 51°30′35″N0°04′41″W / 51.5097°N 0.0780°W / 51.5097; -0.0780 (Merchant Navy Second World War Memorial)	1952	Charles Wheeler	Edward Maufe	War memorial	Grade II*	[86]
More images	Statue of Trajan	Trinity Place 51°30′36″N0°04′34″W / 51.5099°N 0.0762°W / 51.5099; -0.0762 (Statue of Trajan)	20th century, after an original of the 2nd century AD	?	—	Statue	—	[87]
	The Sea	Tower Hill Terrace	1965–1966	Cecil Thomas		Sculptural groups on gateposts	—	[88]
More images	Sundial	Wakefield Gardens, outside Tower Hill tube station	1992	Edwin Russell	John Chitty and Mike Duffie (landscape architects)	Sundial	—	[89]
More images	Merchant Navy Falklands War Memorial	Trinity Square Gardens 51°30′35″N0°04′38″W / 51.5097°N 0.0771°W / 51.5097; -0.0771 (Merchant Navy Falklands War Memorial)	2005	Gordon Newton	—	War memorial	—	[90]
More images	The Building Worker	Tower Hill 51°30′34″N0°04′32″W / 51.5094°N 0.0756°W / 51.5094; -0.0756 (The Building Worker)	2006	Alan Wilson	—	Statue	—	[91]

Victoria Park and Hackney Wick

Main articles: Victoria Park, London and Hackney Wick

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts	Victoria Park 51°32′14″N0°02′23″W / 51.5371°N 0.0397°W / 51.5371; -0.0397 (Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain)	1862	—	Henry Astley Darbishire	Drinking fountain	Grade II*	[92]
	Hackney Wick War Memorial	Eastern side of Victoria Park, near Cadogan Terrace 51°32′34″N0°01′49″W / 51.5427°N 0.0303°W / 51.5427; -0.0303 (Hackney Wick War Memorial)	1921	?	?	Obelisk	Grade II	Unveiled 12 March 1921. [93]

Wapping

Main article: Wapping

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bluecoat Girl	Raine's House		?	Statue in niche
	Bluecoat Boy	Raine's House		?	Statue in niche
	Bust of John Rennie the Elder	Spirit Quay	1992	John Ravera	Bust	—	[76]
More images	Memorial to the Civilians of East London, 2nd World War 1939–1945	Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden	2008	Wendy Taylor	Sculpture	—	Unveiled in July 2008 by Hazel Blears, then the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and Alf Roffey, a survivor of the Blitz. On the site of Hermitage Wharf, which was destroyed in a bombing raid on 29 December 1940. [94]

Whitechapel and Stepney

Main articles: Whitechapel and Stepney

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Drinking fountain	White Church Lane	1860	?	Drinking fountain	Grade II	Relocated from the Whitechapel Road. Inscribed "from one unknown yet well known", perhaps referring to William Weldon Champneys. [95]
	Shepherd Boy Fountain	Albert Gardens, Stepney 51°30′47″N0°02′50″W / 51.5131°N 0.0472°W / 51.5131; -0.0472 (Shepherd Boy Fountain)	1903	?	Drinking fountain with statue	Grade II	The figure is holding a sickle and leaning against a sheaf of corn, so is actually a harvester rather than a shepherd. Made in Paris by the Fonderies d'art du Val D'Orne. [96]
	Statue of Alexandra of Denmark	Whitechapel Road, behind the Royal London Hospital	1908	George Edward Wade	Statue	Grade II	[97]
More images	Edward VII Memorial Drinking Fountain	Mile End Road	1911	William Silver Frith	Drinking fountain with sculpture	Grade II	[98]
More images	Stepney War Memorial	St Dunstan's churchyard 51°31′00″N0°02′32″W / 51.5168°N 0.0423°W / 51.5168; -0.0423 (Stepney War Memorial)	after 1918	?	Celtic cross	Grade II	[99]
More images	St George in the East War Memorial	St George's Gardens (former churchyard of St George in the East) 51°30′37″N0°03′34″W / 51.5103°N 0.0595°W / 51.5103; -0.0595 (St George in the East War Memorial)	1924	Joseph Clayton	Obelisk	Grade II	Unveiled 15 November 1924. [100]
	Bust of William Booth	Mile End Road	1927	George Edward Wade	Bust		[101]
More images	Cable Street Mural Battle of Cable Street	St George's Town Hall 51°30′40″N0°03′31″W / 51.5110°N 0.0586°W / 51.5110; -0.0586 (Cable Street Mural)	1976–1983	Desmond Rochfort, Dave Binnington, Paul Butler and Ray Walker	Mural		[102]
More images	Statue of William Booth	Mile End Road	1979 (casting)	George Edward Wade	Statue		[103]
	Les Naï[a]des	45 Whitechapel Road	1985	Ivor Abrahams	Sculpture	—	[103]
	Gateway arch Altab Ali	Entrance to Altab Ali Park	1989	David Petersen			[104]
More images	Spitalfields Column	Middlesex Street	1995	Richard Perry	Sculpture	—	[103]
	Ram and Magpie	Allen Gardens Playground, Buxton Street	1996	Paula Haughney	Sculpture	—	[103]
	Platform artworks	Whitechapel station	1997	Doug Patterson	Murals	—	[105]
More images	Shaheed Minar (Martyrs' Monument)	Altab Ali Park, on the corner of Whitechapel Road and White Church Lane	1999	After Hamidur Rahman	Sculpture	—	Unveiled 17 February 1999 by Humayun Rashid Choudhury. A smaller replica of the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [104]
	Erasmus Weathervane	Whitechapel Gallery	2007	Rodney Graham	Weathervane		[106] [107]
	The Lady	Whitechurch Passage 51°30′57″N0°04′09″W / 51.5159°N 0.0693°W / 51.5159; -0.0693 (The Lady)	2012	"Chinagirl Tile"	Ceramic relief	—	[108] [109]
	Statue of Catherine Booth	Mile End Road	2015	After George Edward Wade	Statue	—	Unveiled 2 July 2015. [110]
More images	The Goodman's Fields Horses	Goodman's Fields Piazza	2015	Hamish Mackie	Sculptures, some set in a fountain	—	Winner of the PMSA's Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Fountains. [111]
	Bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Sidney Street 51°31′08″N0°03′20″W / 51.5189°N 0.0555°W / 51.5189; -0.0555 (Bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman)	2016	?	Bust	—	[112]
	A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel	Whitechapel station	2018	Chantal Joffe	Aluminium panels	—	A series of 2m-tall panels in laser-cut aluminium depicting members of the local community, enlarged from paper collages. A homage to Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte (1884). [113]

See also

• Draped Seated Woman 1957–58 ("Old Flo") by Henry Moore, installed at Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, "for at least five years" from 2017 ^[114]
• List of public art formerly in London for the statue of Robert Milligan (by Richard Westmacott), Faun with Goose (George Ehrlich) and Woman with Fish (Frank Dobson)

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• Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.

• Ward-Jackson, Philip (2003). Public Sculpture of the City of London. Public Sculpture of Britain. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.

External links

• Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets at Wikimedia Commons