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This is a list of public art in and around Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. Charing Cross, at the junction of Strand and Whitehall, was the site of the first public monument in what is now the City of Westminster, the cross commissioned by Edward I late in the 13th century in memory of his queen, Eleanor of Castile. Destroyed by order of the Long Parliament in 1647, the Eleanor cross was replaced after the Restoration by the equestrian statue of Charles I by Hubert Le Sueur, the oldest public sculpture now standing in the borough. In 1865 a facsimile of the cross was erected in the forecourt of Charing Cross railway station. Charing Cross was declared the official centre of London in 1831 and a plaque marking this status was installed near Le Sueur's statue in 1955.

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  • This is a list of public art in and around Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. Charing Cross, at the junction of Strand and Whitehall, was the site of the first public monument in what is now the City of Westminster, the cross commissioned by Edward I late in the 13th century in memory of his queen, Eleanor of Castile. Destroyed by order of the Long Parliament in 1647, the Eleanor cross was replaced after the Restoration by the equestrian statue of Charles I by Hubert Le Sueur, the oldest public sculpture now standing in the borough. In 1865 a facsimile of the cross was erected in the forecourt of Charing Cross railway station. Charing Cross was declared the official centre of London in 1831 and a plaque marking this status was installed near Le Sueur's statue in 1955. Immediately to the north of Charing Cross lies Trafalgar Square, one of London's most famous public spaces. Conceived as part of John Nash's urban improvements, the square was initially developed from the 1820s onwards. Its centrepiece, Nelson's Column, was constructed in 1839–1842. Charles Barry's 1840 redesign of the square provided plinths for equestrian monuments to George IV and William IV, but sufficient funds were never raised for the latter statue. Most of the memorials since added have had a military or naval flavour, an exception being the statue of the physician Edward Jenner, erected in 1858 but moved to Kensington Gardens only four years later. Another work which originally stood on the square is Hamo Thornycroft's statue of General Gordon; this was removed during World War II and reinstalled on the Victoria Embankment in 1953. Since 1999 the formerly empty fourth plinth on Trafalgar Square has become London's most prominent showcase for temporary new sculpture. (en)
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  • ; (completed by Edward Hodges Baily) (en)
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  • In the Beginning (en)
  • A Conversation with Oscar Wilde (en)
  • Statue of Lord Nelson atop Nelson's Column, London (en)
  • Edith Cavell Memorial, London (en)
  • Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross (en)
  • Equestrian statue of Charles I, Charing Cross (en)
  • Statue of James II in Trafalgar Square (en)
  • Statue of Charles James Napier, Trafalgar Square (en)
  • The Battle of Trafalgar (en)
  • The Battle of the Nile (en)
  • Equestrian statue of George IV, Trafalgar Square, London (en)
  • Statue of George Washington, Trafalgar Square, London (en)
  • Bust of Andrew Cunningham in Trafalgar Square (en)
  • Bust of David Beatty in Trafalgar Square (en)
  • Bust of John Jellicoe in Trafalgar Square (en)
  • John Law Baker Memorial Drinking Fountain (en)
  • Springbok, South Africa House, London (en)
  • Statue of Henry Havelock in Trafalgar Square (en)
  • Statues of lions at Nelson's Column (en)
  • The Battle of Cape St Vincent (en)
  • The Bombardment of Copenhagen (en)
  • Statue of Bartolomeu Dias, South Africa House, London (en)
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  • Charing Cross (en)
  • Charing Cross tube station (en)
  • Norway House (en)
  • Adelaide Street, near St Martin-in-the-Fields (en)
  • At the foot of Nelson's Column (en)
  • Balustrade of Trafalgar Square (en)
  • Centre of Trafalgar Square (en)
  • Churchyard of St Martin-in-the-Fields (en)
  • East and west entrance porticoes, south façade (en)
  • East face of pedestal of Nelson's Column (en)
  • East façade (en)
  • East terrace wall of Trafalgar Square (en)
  • Eastern fountain of Trafalgar Square (en)
  • Forecourt of Charing Cross railway station (en)
  • Grand Buildings, Strand and Northumberland Avenue (en)
  • Irving Street façade (en)
  • Lawn in front of the south façade (en)
  • Main portico, south façade (en)
  • North face of pedestal of Nelson's Column (en)
  • North-eastern plinth, Trafalgar Square (en)
  • Portico of St Martin-in-the-Fields (en)
  • South Africa House, Trafalgar Square (en)
  • South face of pedestal of Nelson's Column (en)
  • South-eastern plinth, Trafalgar Square (en)
  • South-western plinth, Trafalgar Square (en)
  • St Martin's Place (en)
  • St Martin's Place façade (en)
  • St Martin-in-the-Fields Church Path (en)
  • Subway under Trafalgar Square (en)
  • West face of pedestal of Nelson's Column (en)
  • Western fountain of Trafalgar Square (en)
  • Adelaide Street, adjacent to corner with Duncannon Street (en)
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  • The balustrade of a light well is inscribed with a poem by Andrew Motion in stainless steel letters, individually cast. Natalie Skilbeck was a traveller on her gap year killed in a road accident in Mauritius in 2004. (en)
  • 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. (en)
  • Conceived as a figure of Britannia brandishing a trident and a shield bearing the head of Nelson. When Flaxman died in 1826 the work was continued by Baily; he also recarved the shield and replaced the trident with a spear. (en)
  • These figures' weapons were removed and in some cases replaced by artistic implements. (en)
  • A basic granite drinking fountain set into the churchyard wall of St Martin's, where Humphry was vicar from 1815 until his death in 1886. Restored with a replica bronze lion mash spout in about 1989, but this is no longer visible on the memorial. (en)
  • Commissioned by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association. (en)
  • 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. (en)
  • This group previously represented Europe and Asia Exalting Wellington. The relief of the Duke of Wellington's head which originally occupied the central shield now hangs inside the National Gallery's offices. (en)
  • 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. (en)
  • The earliest Renaissance-style equestrian statue in England. Originally commissioned in 1630 by Charles I's Lord High Treasurer, Lord Richard Weston, for his estate in Roehampton. Erected on the site of the Charing Cross in 1674–1675, when it was set on its current pedestal. The reliefs were carved by Joshua Marshall, Master Mason to Charles II. (en)
  • 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. (en)
  • Commissioned by the royal servant Tobias Rustat for a site outside the Palace of Whitehall. One of three statues of Stuart monarchs commissioned by him, the others being those of Charles II at the Chelsea Royal Hospital and Windsor Castle. It was erected on the present site in 1946. (en)
  • 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) (en)
  • A scheme depicting scenes from the history of Trafalgar Square. (en)
  • 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). (en)
  • 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. (en)
  • The murals on the Northern line platforms depict the construction of the medieval Charing Cross; they are reproduced from woodcuts by Gentleman at twenty times their original size. The murals for the Jubilee and Bakerloo lines feature photographs of Nelson's Column and paintings in the National Gallery. (en)
  • A relief of a newborn baby with the umbilical cord still uncut, seemingly emerging from a block of Portland stone. The inscription running around the sides reads (IN THE BEGINNING/ WAS THE WORDAND THE/ WORD BECAME FLESH/ AND LIVED AMONG US/) . (en)
  • A truncated fluted column with lion's-head fountains on two sides, their basins now filled in. Inscribed (IN MEMORY OF JOHN LAW BAKER/ FORMERLY OF THE MADRAS ARMY/ BORN 1789DIED 1886). (en)
  • A replica of the original Eleanor cross at Charing, with some details inspired by the Oxford Martyrs' Memorial. It stands some distance away from the original location of the Charing Cross. (en)
  • 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". (en)
  • 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. (en)
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  • Poem (Natalie Skilbeck) (en)
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