List of public art in Greenwich

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This is a list of public art in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Deptford

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Memorial to Margaret McMillan Rachel McMillan Nursery School, McMillan Street

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1932 Sir Herbert Baker (architect) Grade II [1]
120x120px Peter the Great Glaisher Street 2001 Mihail Chemiakin Statue

Greenwich

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George II Old Royal Naval College

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1735 John Michael Rysbrack Statue Grade II [2]
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The Immortality of Nelson Nelson Pediment, Old Royal Naval College 1809–12 Benjamin West and Joseph Panzetta Architectural relief sculpture Coade stone Grade I [3][4]
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William IV King William Walk

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1845 Samuel Nixon Statue Foggin Tor Devon granite Grade II Erected 18–19 December 1844 on King William Street in the City of London; taken down in 1935 and re-erected here, on a smaller pedestal, the following year. The principal work of this sculptor, who received insufficient recompense from the work's commissioners and came close to financial ruin.[5]
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Memorial to Joseph René Bellot Cutty Sark Gardens

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1855 Philip Hardwick Obelisk Grade II [2]
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Memorial to the New Zealand Campaign (1863–4) King William Walk

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Obelisk Grade II [6]
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General James Wolfe Blackheath Avenue, Greenwich Park

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1927 Robert Tait McKenzie Statue Grade II
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Sir Walter Raleigh Old Royal Naval College

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1959 William McMillan Statue Grade II Unveiled 28 October 1959 in Whitehall by the US Ambassador John Hay Whitney.[7] Moved to this site in 2001[8] as it was out of scale with other statues which had since been erected nearby.[9] The statue is close to the Discover Greenwich entrance within the grounds of the ORNC.
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Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge Greenwich Park 1961–76 Henry Moore Sculpture N/A [10]
120x120px Dolphin Sundial Titanic Memorial Garden, Royal Observatory 1977–8 Christopher Daniel and Edwin Russell Sundial with sculpture N/A
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Captain James Cook National Maritime Museum

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1994 Arthur Weller Statue N/A [11]
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Prime Meridian marker Royal Observatory 1999 Christina Garzia Sculpture N/A
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The Throne of Earthly Kings Devonport House 2004 François Hameury Sculpture N/A [12]
120x120px Statue of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Trafalgar Tavern 2009 Lesley Povey Statue Bronze N/A [13]
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Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle National Maritime Museum 2010 Yinka Shonibare Sculpture N/A
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Yuri Gagarin Royal Observatory 2011 Anatoly Novikov Statue Zinc alloy N/A [14]

North Greenwich

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Antony Gormley Quantum Cloud 2000.jpg Quantum Cloud Greenwich Peninsula

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2000 Antony Gormley Sculpture
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2000 Richard Wilson Sculpture
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Woolwich

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
120x120px Statue of a Barbarian or Deus Lunus Royal Arsenal Brass Foundry, No 1 Street

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late-Roman period (1st–3rd century AD) ? Roman statue Turkish marble ? Dug up by British troops in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1801 and shipped to Woolwich
120x120px Crucifix St Mary's Gardens, Greenlaw Street

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18th–19th century? ? crucifix wood ? Originally part of the church interior; moved here in 1966
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Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Royal Arsenal, Wellington Park

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1848 Thomas Milnes statue on pedestal marble, Portland stone (plinth) Grade II Originally at the Tower of London, moved to the Arsenal in 1863
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Lioness resting paw on urn St Mary's Gardens, Woolwich Church Street

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1851 ? statue stone ? Tom Cribb's tomb
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Crimean War Memorial Royal Artillery Barracks, south end of parade ground

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1861 John Bell statue with pedestal surrounded by 12 cannon-bollards bronze and stone 3 m (without pediment) ? The figure of a woman distributing laurel wreaths, Honour, was cast from a Russian cannon captured at Sebastopol
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Major Little Memorial Woolwich Common, Academy Rd / Ha-ha Rd

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1861? ? obelisk stone ?
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Second Boer War Memorial Grand Depot Road, opposite Royal Artillery Barracks

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1902? ? obelisk granite ? Memorial to the men of the 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery who died in the

Second Boer War (1899–1902)

120x120px Statue of Alexander McLeod Former Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society building, 125–161 Powis Street 1903 Alfred Drury Statue in niche Coade stone or terracotta? Grade II [16]
120x120px World War I memorial Royal Arsenal, Grand Store, Cadogan Road

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1919? ? relief stone ?
120x120px Maritime history of Woolwich Woolwich Dockyard, Thames Path at Mast Pond Wharf

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1984–86 Community project mosaic floor piece ceramic
The mosaics are the result of a community project led by the National Elfrida Rathbone Society through an arts workshop based at the Clock House Community Centre
120x120px Workers of Woolwich Woolwich Arsenal station, platform 1

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1993 Martin Williams relief terracotta
The work was commissioned by the British Rail’s Community Unit with the University of Greenwich and Greenwich Council, and is a tribute to the tens of thousands of workers at the Royal Arsenal
120x120px The Woolwich Ship Plumstead Road, opposite the Royal Arsenal

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1999 Tom Grimsey sculpture steel N/A The sculpture celebrates the naval history of Woolwich; commissioned by Woolwich Development Agency & Greenwich Council
120x120px History of Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich Church Street, Kingsman Parade pedestrian tunnel

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2000 Stephen Lobb, Greenwich Mural Workshop & pupils of Cardwell Primary School mosaic mural ceramic N/A The mosaics are the result of a project by the Greenwich Mural Workshop, with Stephen Lobb as the senior artist, working with Cardwell Primary School
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Assembly Royal Arsenal, James Clavell Square

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2001 Peter Burke group of 16 statues cast iron 188cm N/A
120x120px Memorial to Dial Square, Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Arsenal Football Clubs Royal Arsenal, outside the Dial Arch pub

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c. 2005 ? sculpture bronze, stone N/A
120x120px Street Life Woolwich Arsenal station, Green's End / Beresford Square

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2008 Michael Craig-Martin ceramic art, mural ceramic extends over two storeys N/A More than 2500 individually screen-printed tiles by Manor Architectural Ceramics in Warwick
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Statue of Nike, goddess of victory Royal Arsenal, No 1 Street, Main Guardhouse

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9 Sept 2012 Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis statue bronze N/A A gift of the people of Olympia to commemorate the 30th Olympiad in London in 2012

References

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  7. Blackwood 1989, p. 306
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  11. http://www.jimbatty.com/IMG/london/greenwich/5A122923.html
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  13. Matthews 2012, p. 199
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  15. http://www.richardwilsonsculptor.com/projects/slice%20of%20reality.html
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Bibliography

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