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Title / subject |
Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation |
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Statue of George IV |
North-eastern plinth, Trafalgar Square
51.5083°N 0.1276°W / 51.5083; -0.1276 (Equestrian statue of George IV) |
1830 | Francis Legatt Chantrey | Charles Barry |
Equestrian statue |
Grade II |
Originally intended to be the crowning feature of Marble Arch, the decorative scheme of which was cut back after George IV's death. The statue still had no home after Chantrey's death in 1843 and in December of that year it was erected in the newly laid-out Trafalgar Square.
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Statue of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson |
Centre of Trafalgar Square
51.5077°N 0.1279°W / 51.5077; -0.1279 (Nelson's Column) |
1839–1842 | Edward Hodges Baily | William Railton |
Statue on column |
Grade I |
Nelson is shown without an eyepatch, but his portrayal in this statue is not idealised by the standards of the time. The figure is given stability by the coil of rope behind. Portland stone was chosen over bronze as the statue "would [then] not be resorted to as plunder in revolutions".
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The Battle of Trafalgar or The Death of Nelson |
South face of pedestal of Nelson's Column |
1846–1849 | John Edward Carew | — |
Bas-relief |
Grade I |
Nelson is depicted immediately after receiving his mortal wound; Captain Hardy turns back towards him whilst sailors to the left take aim at the marksman who dealt the fatal blow. Inscribed at the bottom ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY.
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The Battle of the Nile |
North face of pedestal of Nelson's Column |
1846–1850 | William F. Woodington | — |
Bas-relief |
Grade I |
Nelson has been taken below deck after being wounded in the head during the attack on the French fleet in Abu Qir Bay. Captain Edward Berry stands by his side.
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The Bombardment of Copenhagen |
East face of pedestal of Nelson's Column |
1846–1854 | John Ternouth | — |
Bas-relief |
Grade I |
Nelson, on board his flagship HMS Elephant, applies his seal to an ultimatum directed at the Crown Prince of Denmark. The city of Copenhagen is visible in the background.
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The Battle of Cape St Vincent |
West face of pedestal of Nelson's Column |
1846–1854 | Musgrave Watson and William F. Woodington | — |
Bas-relief |
Grade I |
Nelson is on board a Spanish ship, the San Nicolas. A Spanish officer kneels in front of Nelson, surrendering the swords of his fellow officers. Watson died in 1847 before he could complete the work.
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Statue of Charles James Napier |
South-western plinth, Trafalgar Square
51.5077°N 0.1286°W / 51.5077; -0.1286 (Statue of Charles James Napier) |
1855 | George Gammon Adams | — |
Statue |
Grade II |
Unveiled 26 November 1856. Napier holds a scroll out in his right hand, a gesture which symbolises the giving of government to Sindh. The statue was much criticised, The Art Journal calling it "perhaps the worst piece of sculpture in England".
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Statue of Henry Havelock |
South-eastern plinth, Trafalgar Square
51.5079°N 0.1274°W / 51.5079; -0.1274 (Statue of Henry Havelock) |
1861 | William Behnes | — |
Statue |
Grade II |
Unveiled 10 April 1861. The pedestal is inscribed at the front with a quotation from one of Havelock's pre-battle speeches, and to the rear with a list of British and Indian regiments commanded by him during the Indian Mutiny. This was the first statue ever to be modelled from a photograph.
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Four lions |
At the foot of Nelson's Column |
1867 | Edwin Landseer | — |
Statues |
Grade I |
Unveiled 31 January 1867. Landseer, an animal painter with no previous experience in sculpture, was assisted by Carlo Marochetti.
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Bust of John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe |
Balustrade of Trafalgar Square
51.5083°N 0.1278°W / 51.5083; -0.1278 (Bust of John Jellicoe) |
1948 | Charles Wheeler | Edwin Lutyens |
Bust |
Grade II* |
The Jellicoe and Beatty memorials were unveiled on 21 October 1948 (Trafalgar Day) by the Duke of Gloucester. Each memorial consists of a fountain (adapted from those designed by Charles Barry and installed in 1845) with two bronze sculptural groups and, up against the north wall of the square, a bust of the admiral in question.
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Jellicoe Memorial Fountain |
Western fountain of Trafalgar Square
51.5080°N 0.1284°W / 51.5080; -0.1284 (Jellicoe Memorial Fountain) |
1948 | Charles Wheeler | Edwin Lutyens |
Fountain with two sculptural groups |
Grade II* |
For both memorial fountains Lutyens retained Barry's cusped quatrefoil-shaped basins and added the vase-shaped central fountains. In the Jellicoe fountain, one of the bronze groups comprises a mermaid with two merchildren and dolphins perched on a shell; the other has a triton with a merchild and dolphins on a shell.
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Bust of David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty |
Balustrade of Trafalgar Square
51.5084°N 0.1277°W / 51.5084; -0.1277 (Bust of David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty) |
1948 | William McMillan | Edwin Lutyens |
Bust |
Grade II* |
During the 2003 refurbishment of the square the busts were moved to the eastern side of the new steps; they previously faced their associated fountains. A square plaque near the centre of the square marks the dedication of the fountains and busts:
THESE FOUNTAINS AND/ THE BUSTS AGAINST THE/ NORTH WALL OF THE/ SQUARE WERE ERECTED/ BY PARLIAMENT TO THE/ MEMORY OF THE ADMIRALS OF/ THE FLEET EARL JELLICOE/ AND EARL BEATTY TO THE/ END THAT THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS/ SERVICES TO THE STATE/ MIGHT NEVER BE FORGOTTEN[41]
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Beatty Memorial Fountain |
Eastern fountain of Trafalgar Square
51.5081°N 0.1277°W / 51.5081; -0.1277 (Beatty Memorial Fountain) |
1948 | William McMillan | Edwin Lutyens |
Fountain with two sculptural groups |
Grade II* |
One bronze sculptural group consists of a mermaid riding on a dolphin and holding smaller dolphins under her arms, with a shoal of small sharks in the rear; the other has an equivalent grouping with a triton in place of the mermaid.
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Drinking fountain |
East terrace wall of Trafalgar Square |
1960 | Stephen Dykes Bower | Charles Barry |
Drinking fountain |
Grade II* |
Commissioned by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association.[42]
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Bust of Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope |
Balustrade of Trafalgar Square
51.5083°N 0.1280°W / 51.5083; -0.1280 (Bust of Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope) |
1967 | Franta Belsky | — |
Bust |
Grade II* |
Unveiled 2 April 1967 by the Duke of Edinburgh. The bust contains a half-pint bottle of Guinness and a note written by the sculptor.[43]
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Endangered Species and portrait heads |
Grand Buildings, Strand and Northumberland Avenue |
1991 c. 1991 | Barry Baldwin | Sidell Gibson and Associates |
Reliefs |
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Tile murals |
Subway under Trafalgar Square |
1992 | FreeForm Arts Trust | — |
Tile murals |
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A scheme depicting scenes from the history of Trafalgar Square.[44][45]
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