List of public art in the London Borough of Lambeth
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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Lambeth.
Brixton
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
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Bust of Henry Tate | Brixton Library | 1905 | Thomas Brock | Bust | Bronze | Grade II | [1] |
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Justice, Science, Art and Literature | Lambeth Town Hall clock tower | c. 1905–1908 | Portland stone | Grade II | |||
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Youth | Lambeth Town Hall | c. 1935–1938 | Denis Dunlop | Relief | Portland stone | Grade II | |
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Pile of bricks tile motif | Brixton tube station, Victoria line platforms | c. 1971 | Hans Unger | — | [2] | ||
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Platforms Piece Joy Battick, Karin Heistermann and Peter Lloyd |
Brixton railway station | 1986 | Kevin Atherton | Statue | Bronze | Grade II | [3] |
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Sharpeville Massacre Memorial | Windrush Square | 1987 | ? | Memorial | Stone and metal | — | [4] |
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The Brixton Heron | Roof of the Prince of Wales pub, corner of Brixton Road and Coldharbour Lane 51°27′42″N 0°06′55″W / 51.4615593°N 0.1152009°W |
2010 | Maggi Hambling | Sculptural weather vane | — | Depicts a grey heron with a fish in its bill. | |
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Foxes and Cherries | Electric Avenue | 2010 | Lucy Casson | Fibreglass | — | ||
Brixton Speaks | Electric Avenue | 2011 | Will Self, Jack Self | — | ||||
David Bowie mural | Morley's department store, Tunstall Road | 2013 | James Cochran | Mural | — | [5] | ||
Twins | Somerleyton Road, Coldharbour Lane | 2016 | Taslim Martin | Cast iron and stainless steel | — | [6] | ||
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African and Caribbean War Memorial | Windrush Square | 2017 | Obelisk | — | Unveiled 22 June 2017. The design was announced to the public in 2014.[7] | ||
Cherry Groce Memorial Pavilion | Windrush Square | 2021 | Adjaye Associates | — | [8] | |||
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Brixton murals | Various locations in and around Brixton town centre | — |
Clapham
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
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Drinking fountain | Clapham Common, between Long Road and The Pavement 51°27′42″N 0°08′26″W / 51.4618°N 0.1406°W |
1884 | August von Kreling | Fountain with sculptural group | Bronze with granite plinth | Grade II | [9] |
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Clapham Common War Memorial | Holy Trinity Church, Clapham Common 51°27′45″N 0°08′33″W / 51.4624°N 0.1426°W |
after 1918 | ? | Celtic cross | Granite | Grade II | [10] |
War memorial | St Mary's Roman Catholic Church 51°27′41″N 0°08′14″W / 51.4615°N 0.1372°W |
1919–1920 | Giles Gilbert Scott | War memorial | Limestone | Grade II | [11] | |
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Clapham Park War Memorial | Church of the Holy Spirit, Narbonne Avenue 1°27′17″N 0°08′25″W / 1.4547°N 0.1403°W |
1921 | ? | Calvary cross | Stone | Grade II | Unveiled 14 November 1921.[12] |
Kennington
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
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Decorative column | Kennington Park 51°29′01″N 0°06′36″W / 51.4835°N 0.1101°W |
1869 | c.George Tinworth | Column | Terracotta | Grade II | [13] |
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War memorial | St Mark's Church 51°28′54″N 0°06′45″W / 51.4816°N 0.1124°W |
1921 | ? | Memorial cross | Granite | Grade II | Unveiled 29 October 1921.[14] |
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Kennington War Memorial | Kennington Park 51°29′07″N 0°06′30″W / 51.4854°N 0.1083°W |
1924 | Thomas Arthur Lodge | Cenotaph | Stone | Grade II | Unveiled 19 July 1924.[15] |
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Memorial to Len Hutton | Hobbs Gate, The Oval | 1989–1993 | Walter Ritchie | Relief sculpture | Brick | — | The cricketer is portrayed scoring his record-breaking innings of 364 runs against Australia in 1938.[16] This work is said to be Ritchie's masterpiece.[17] |
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Memorial to Victims of the Kennington Park Air Raid Shelter Tragedy | Kennington Park 51°29′01″N 0°06′37″W / 51.4837°N 0.1103°W |
2006 | Richard Kindersley | Memorial | Caithness stone | — | Unveiled 14 October 2006. Inscribed with a quotation from Maya Angelou's poem "On the Pulse of Morning" (1993): history/ despite its/ wrenching/ pain/ cannot/ be unlived/ but/ if faced/ with/ courage/ need not/ be lived/ again.[18] |
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Touchstone | Oval Triangle | 2018 | Peter Randall-Page | Sculpture | Granite | — | [19] |
Lambeth
South Bank
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
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South Bank Lion | Outside County Hall 51°30′03″N 0°07′11″W / 51.5009°N 0.1198°W |
1837 (restored 1951) | William F. Woodington | Statue | Coade stone | Grade II* | [31] |
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The Motorcyclist | Shell Centre | 1957 | Siegfried Charoux | Statue | Cemented iron | — | [32] |
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The Shell Fountain | Courtyard of the Shell Centre 51°30′15″N 0°06′59″W / 51.5041°N 0.1163°W |
1959–1963 | Franta Belsky | Fountain with sculpture | Bronze | Grade II | [33] |
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Zemran | First floor terrace, Royal Festival Hall | 1971 | William Pye | Sculpture | Stainless steel | Grade II | [34] |
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Statue of Fryderyk Chopin | Royal Festival Hall | 1975 | Bronisław Kubica | Statue | Bronze | — | [35] |
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Jubilee Oracle | Next to Jubilee Gardens | 1980 | "Alexander" | Sculpture | Bronze | — | [36] |
Passage Paving | Outside Royal Festival Hall | 1983 | Richard Harris | Sculpture | Concrete | — | [37] | |
Pend | Outside the Queen Elizabeth Hall | 1983–1984 | Anne Nicholson | Sculpture | Portland stone | — | [38] | |
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Arena | Walkway near the Royal National Theatre | 1983–1988 | John Maine | Sculpture | Stone | — | [39] |
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International Brigades Memorial | Outside County Hall | 1985 | Ian Walters | Sculptural group | Bronze | — | [40] |
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London Pride | Outside the National Theatre 51°30′27″N 0°06′53″W / 51.507617°N 0.114764°W |
1987 cast of a work of 1951 | Frank Dobson | Sculptural group | Bronze | Grade II | [41] |
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Bust of Nelson Mandela |
Outside the Royal Festival Hall | 1988 replica of an original of 1982 | Ian Walters | Bust | Bronze | — | [42] |
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Statue of Laurence Olivier | Outside the National Theatre | 2007 | Angela Conner | Statue | Bronze | — | Unveiled 22 May 2007, the centenary of Olivier's birth.[43] |
Stockwell
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
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Stockwell War Memorial | Stockwell Road 51°28′23″N 0°07′19″W / 51.4730°N 0.1220°W |
1920 | Frank T. Dear | War memorial | Portland stone | Grade II | [44] |
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Swan tile motif | Stockwell tube station, Victoria line platforms | c. 1971 | Abram Games | Tile motif | — | [45] | |
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Tradescant Family Memorial John Tradescant the Elder John Tradescant the Younger |
St Stephen's Terrace | 1988 | Hilary Cartmel | Sculpture | — | [46] | |
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Stockwell Memorial Mural | Stockwell Memorial Gardens | 2001 | Brian Barnes and Myra Harris | Mural | Household paint | — | [47] |
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Bronze Woman | Stockwell Memorial Gardens | 2008 | Aleix Barbat, after Ian Walters | Statue | Bronze | — | [48] |
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Memorial to Jean Charles de Menezes | Outside Stockwell tube station | 7 January 2010 | Mary Edwards | Mosaic | — | [49] |
Streatham
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
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Dyce Drinking Fountain | Streatham Green 51°25′42″N 0°07′53″W / 51.4283°N 0.1315°W |
1862 | William Dyce | Drinking fountain | Portland stone, red sandstone and marble | Grade II | [50] |
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Streatham War Memorial | Memorial Gardens, Streatham Common North 51°25′24″N 0°07′46″W / 51.4233°N 0.1294°W |
1921 | Albert Toft | Statue | Bronze | Grade II | Unveiled 14 October 1922.[51] |
War memorial | St Peter's Church, Leigham Court Road 51°25′55″N 0°06′55″W / 51.4319°N 0.1153°W |
1922 | ? | Calvary cross | Bronze, wood and stone | Grade II | Unveiled 15 January 2022.[52] | |
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Streatham Civilians War Memorial | Memorial Gardens, Streatham Common North 51°25′23″N 0°07′54″W / 51.4231°N 0.1316°W |
2006 | Ekkehard Altenburger | War memorial pillar | Kilkenny limestone | — | Unveiled 21 October 2006. Inscribed GRIEF HAS NO BOUNDARIES, a quotation from a poem by Rohit Sapra.[53][54][55] |
Charioteer with 4 horses | Caesar's Night Club, Streatham Hill | — |
Vauxhall
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
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Agriculture, Engineering and Pottery | Vauxhall Bridge | 1907 | F. W. Pomeroy | Statues | |||
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Following the Leader Memorial to the Children Killed in the Blitz |
Darley House, Vauxhall Gardens Estate, Laud Street 51°29′17″N 0°07′12″W / 51.488036°N 0.120039°W |
1949 | Peter Laszlo Peri | Relief | Coloured concrete | Grade II | [56] |
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Boys Playing Football | Wareham House, South Lambeth Estate, Fentiman Road 51°28′50″N 0°07′08″W / 51.480521°N 0.118925°W |
1951–1952 | Peter Laszlo Peri | Relief | Coloured concrete | Grade II | [57] |
Mother and Children Playing | Horton House, South Lambeth Estate 51°28′51″N 0°07′11″W / 51.480854°N 0.119853°W |
1951–1952 | Peter Laszlo Peri | Relief | Coloured concrete | Grade II | [58] | |
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Vauxhall Gardens tile motif | Vauxhall tube station, Victoria line platforms | c. 1971 | George Smith | Murals | Tiles | — | [59] |
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Bust of Basaveshwara | Albert Embankment, opposite the junction with Tinworth Street | 2015 | Sridhar Murthy | Bust | Bronze | — | Unveiled 14 November 2015 by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India.[60][61] |
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Underline | Vauxhall tube station | Giles Round, Design Work Leisure | Murals | Tiles | — | [62] |
Waterloo
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
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War memorial | St John's Church 51°30′16″N 0°06′45″W / 51.5045°N 0.1124°W |
1919 | ? | Crucifix | Bronze and wood | Grade II | [63] |
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Victory Arch London and South Western Railway War Memorial |
Entrance arch of Waterloo station 51°30′14″N 0°06′50″W / 51.503752°N 0.113879°W |
1919–1922 | Charles Whiffen | War memorial | Portland stone | Grade II | Opened 21 March 1922.[64][65] |
Memorial to Eva Hubback | Morley College | 1963 | David Rowles-Chapman | Relief | Stone | — | [66] | |
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Blake's Lambeth | Tunnels alongside Archbishop's Park, near Waterloo station | 2005–2015 | Southbank Mosaics after William Blake | Mosaics | Mosaic | — | 70 mosaics based on the work of Blake, who lived for ten of his most productive years in Lambeth, at 13 Hercules Buildings.[67] |
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Mosaic portraits Emma Cons, Violette Szabo, Jude Kelly, Octavia Hill, Lilian Baylis, Mary Seacole, Eva Hubback, Natalie Bell, Margaret Mellor, Heather Rabbatts, Mrs Mallet, Annie McCall, Caroline Martineau, Hester Thrale |
Morley College | 2012 | Southbank Mosaics | Mosaics | Mosaic | — | Unveiled 3 July 2012.[68] |
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Battle of Waterloo Memorial | Waterloo station 51°30′12″N 0°06′42″W / 51.5033°N 0.1117°W |
2015 | Jason Brooks | War memorial | — | Unveiled 10 June 2015 by the Duke of Wellington. The bronze plaque is based on the reverse of the Waterloo Medal.[69] | |
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National Windrush Monument | Waterloo station | 2022 | Basil Watson | Sculptural group | Bronze | — | Unveiled 22 June 2022 (Windrush Day) by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Figures of a man, a woman and a child in their Sunday best stand atop a pile of bulging suitcases.[70] |
West Norwood
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
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West Norwood War Memorial | St Luke's Church, Knight's Hill 51°25′57″N 0°06′12″W / 51.4326°N 0.1034°W |
after 1918 | ? | Memorial cross | Stone | Grade II | [71] |
See also
References
- ^ Historic England. "Bust of Sir Henry Tate, outside Tate Library, Brixton Oval (1434203)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Porter, Laura. "Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Brixton". Go London. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Platforms Piece (1438640)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Sharpeville Massacre Memorial. Art UK. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Dickens, Tim (24 June 2013). "David Bowie Brixton mural officially unveiled". Brixton Blog. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ Cuppage, Jane. "JUST MAKE IT: Tas' Twin Sculpture". Camberwell College of Arts blog. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ Blake, Shez Chung (12 November 2014). "African and Caribbean War Memorial unveiled at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton – photos". Brixton Buzz. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ Ravenscroft, Tom (26 April 2021). "Adjaye Associates unveils Cherry Groce Memorial Pavilion in Brixton". Dezeen. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Drinking Fountain Approximately 500 Metres to South East of Church of Holy Trinity (1122676)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Clapham Common War Memorial (1441831)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1244307)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Church Of The Holy Spirit". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Decorative column on west side of Kennington Park (1080382)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "First World War Memorial at the Church of St Mark, Kennington (1449576)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Kennington War Memorial (1441730)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Sir Leonard Hutton Memorial, Oval Cricket Ground, Kennington Oval". National Recording Project. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Rogers, Byron (19 February 1997). "Obituary: Walter Ritchie". The Independent. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Kennington Park Air Raid Shelter Victims Tragedy". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Touchstone". Peter Randall-Page. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Stone Statue of Edward VI at North Entrance to Ward Block of North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth (1319933)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Statue of Robert Clayton at North Entrance to Ward Block of North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth (1319925)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Bronze Statue of Edward VI at North Entrance to Ward Block of North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth (1080372)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Banerjee, Jacqueline. "Mr Doulton in His Studio: Tympanum Relief". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Revolving Torsion (1430741)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "South of the River (1430830)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Portfolio". Rick Kirby Sculpture. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Matthews 2018, p. 195.
- ^ "Duke of Wellington unveils Violette Szabo bust at South Bank pageant". London SE1. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ Hajibagheri, Sarah (30 June 2016). Landmark Mary Seacole Statue Unveiled In London. Sky News. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Seacole sculpture design revealed. BBC News. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "The South Bank Lion at East End of Westminster Bridge, Lambeth (1068742)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "The Motorcyclist, Sculpture, Belvedere Rd., The Shell Centre, Lambeth". National Recording Project. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Fountain in Courtyard of Shell Centre (1379937)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Zemran sculptures (1431364)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Restoration of Chopin Statue at Royal Festival Hall. The Polish Heritage Society. May 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Jubilee Oracle, Sculpture, The Queen's Walk". National Recording Project. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Passage Paving, Sculpture, The Queen's Walk". National Recording Project. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Pend, Sculpture, The Queen's Walk". National Recording Project. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "The Queen's Walk". London Gardens Online. London Parks & Gardens Trust. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "International Brigade Spanish Civil War Memorial". War Memorials Archive. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "London Pride sculpture (1431370)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Matthews 2018, pp. 197–198.
- ^ Matthews 2018, p. 199.
- ^ Historic England. "Stockwell War Memorial (1263507)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ Porter, Laura. "Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Stockwell". Go London. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Matthews 2018, pp. 235–236.
- ^ Stockwell Memorial Mural. London Mural Preservation Society. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ Low, Valentine (5 February 2008). "First public statue of a black woman". Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ Siddique, Haroon (7 January 2010). "Jean Charles de Menezes memorial unveiled". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Dyce Drinking Fountain (1391393)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Streatham War Memorial (1440589)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial at St Peter's Church, Streatham (1441847)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Streatham Civilians". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Monument: Streatham citizens' war memorial". London Remembers. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Artist's CV and list of commissions". Ekkehard Altenburger. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Following the Leader (Memorial to the Children Killed in the Blitz) (1430235)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Sculptural relief of Boys Playing Football (1430273)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Sculptural relief of Mother and Children Playing (1430263)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Porter, Laura. "Victoria Line tile motifs – Vauxhall". Go London. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Hatts, James (14 November 2015). "Indian PM Modi unveils Basaveshwara bust on Albert Embankment". London SE1. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Mellegatti, Sachin (20 November 2015). "Shivamogga sculptor behind London's Basavanna bust". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Underline: Design Work Leisure. Art on the Underground. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "War memorial at St John's Church, Waterloo (1441652)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "London and South Western Railway Arch". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Waterloo Station (Victory Arch) (1063898)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Sculpture to Commemorate Principal Eva Hubback. Art UK. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Blake's Lambeth (2005–2015). London School of Mosaic. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "14 remarkable local women depicted in mosaic at Morley College". London SE1. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Duke of Wellington Unveils New War Memorial at Waterloo Station". Business Wire. The London Mint Office. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ Barker, Sam (22 June 2022). "National Windrush Monument Arrives At Waterloo Station On Windrush Day". Secret London. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "West Norwood War Memorial (1441853)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
Bibliography
- Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.
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