List of public art in Islington

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

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Justice, Mercy, Portrait of George III and other motifs Middlesex Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green 1779–82 (building) Nollekens, JosephJoseph Nollekens Relief sculptures Grade II* (1298072) [1]
Commerce Welcoming All Nations Battishill Street Gardens 1842 (carved)
1975 (unveiled on present site) 		Watson, MusgraveMusgrave Watson [2]

More images		 Statue of Hugh Myddelton Islington Green

51°32′09″N 0°06′13″W / 51.53573°N 0.10365°W / 51.53573; -0.10365		 1862 Thomas, JohnJohn Thomas Statue Grade II (1298044) [3]

More images		 Statue of John Wesley Wesley's Chapel, City Road

51°31′25″N 0°05′14″W / 51.52370°N 0.08718°W / 51.52370; -0.08718		 1891 Adams-Acton, JohnJohn Adams-Acton Statue Grade II (1195540) [3]
Science and Agriculture City University London, College Building c. 1894–6 Montford, Paul RaphaelPaul Raphael Montford Frieze [4]

More images		 Boer War Memorial Highbury Fields 1905 Mackennal, BertramBertram Mackennal War memorial with statue Grade II (1298031) [5]
Statue of Francis Bacon Islington Central Library, Holloway Road 1906 Schenck, FrederickFrederick Schenck Statue in niche [5]
Statue of Edmund Spenser Islington Central Library, Holloway Road 1906 Schenck, FrederickFrederick Schenck Statue in niche [5]

More images		 Finsbury War Memorial Rosebery Avenue 15 August 1921 Rudge, ThomasThomas Rudge War memorial with statue Grade II (1389293) [6]
Christ Healing the Blind Man Moorfields Eye Hospital, King George V Extension 1933–5 (building) Gill, EricEric Gill Relief sculpture [7]
Dick Whittington's cat Whittington Stone, Highgate Hill

51°34′00″N 0°08′13″W / 51.56654°N 0.13690°W / 51.56654; -0.13690		 1964 Kenworthy, JonathanJonathan Kenworthy Sculpture Grade II (1298038) [8]
Highbury Manor tile motif Highbury & Islington station, Victoria line platforms 1968 Bawden, EdwardEdward Bawden [9]
Crossed pistols tile motif Finsbury Park station, Victoria line platforms 1968 Eckersley, TomTom Eckersley [10]
Balloon mosaics Finsbury Park station, Piccadilly line platforms 1983 Grey, AnnabelAnnabel Grey [11]
Memorial to Thomas Paine Angel Court, Owen Street 1991 Jordan, KevinKevin Jordan [12]

More images		 Faceted Column corner of Chiswell Street and Finsbury Pavement

51°31′13″N 0°05′15″W / 51.520415°N 0.087497°W / 51.520415; -0.087497		 1999 Cox, StephenStephen Cox Sculpture N/A [13]

More images		 Angel Wings N1 Retail Plaza, The Angel, Islington 2003 Buttress, WolfgangWolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron Sculpture N/A [14]
Halo N1 Retail Plaza, The Angel, Islington 2003 Buttress, WolfgangWolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron Sculpture N/A [14]
Islington Green War Memorial Islington Green 2004 (replacing an earlier "temporary" war memorial) Maine, JohnJohn Maine War memorial N/A [15]

More images		 Statue of Tony Adams Emirates Stadium 2011 MDM Statue N/A Unveiled 9 December 2011.[16]

More images		 Statue of Herbert Chapman Emirates Stadium 2011 MDM Statue N/A Unveiled 9 December 2011.[17]

More images		 Statue of Thierry Henry Emirates Stadium 2011 Roulleau-Gallais, MargotMargot Roulleau-Gallais Statue N/A Unveiled 9 December 2011.[18]

More images		 Statue of Dennis Bergkamp Emirates Stadium 2014 MDM Statue N/A Unveiled 22 February 2014.[19]

More images		 Statue of Ken Friar Emirates Stadium 2014 MDM Statue N/A Unveiled 28 February 2014.[20]
Angel Angel tube station Boys, KevinKevin Boys Statue N/A
Mercury the God Top of Triton Court, Finsbury Square [21]
2 figures of Triton the God Triton Court, Finsbury Square
4 females Triton Court clock tower, Finsbury Square
Hare and Hounds architectural sculpture Upper Street, on No. 181 (formerly the Hare and Hounds pub) [22]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Clerkenwell Conference Centre (1298072)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. ↑ Musgrave Watson frieze in Battishill Gardens Accessed 20 December 2010
  3. 1 2 Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
  4. ↑ Temple, Philip, ed. (2008), "Northampton Square area: Northampton Square and adjacent streets", South and East Clerkenwell, Survey of London, London: London County Council, 46, pp. 304–321, retrieved 18 August 2015
  5. 1 2 3 Statues in Islington Accessed 18 July 2011
  6. ↑ Finsbury War Monument London Remembers. Accessed 4 August 2014
  7. ↑ Cherry & Pevsner 2002, p. 611
  8. ↑ Historic England. "Whittington Stone, circa 15 metres south of the junction with Mandala Avenue (1298038)". National Heritage List for England.
  9. ↑ Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Highbury and Islington Accessed 3 August 2014
  10. ↑ Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Finsbury Park Accessed 3 August 2014.
  11. ↑ The Mosaics at Finsbury Park Accessed 20 August 2014.
  12. ↑ Rights of Man in Islington – UK Attraction Accessed 18 July 2011
  13. ↑ Planning approval
  14. 1 2 CV: Wolfgang and Heron CV, Public Art Online, retrieved 28 August 2015
  15. ↑ Art in the Open Resource – Islington Green Accessed 4 August 2014
  16. ↑ Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012), "Tony Adams", From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project, retrieved 13 December 2015
  17. ↑ Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012), "Herbert Chapman", From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project, retrieved 13 December 2015
  18. ↑ Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012), "Thierry Henry", From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project, retrieved 13 December 2015
  19. ↑ Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012), "Dennis Bergkamp", From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project, retrieved 13 December 2015
  20. ↑ Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012), "Ken Friar", From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project, retrieved 13 December 2015
  21. ↑ http://knowledgeoflondon.com/rooftops.html
  22. ↑ "Hare and Hounds, Islington". Pubs History. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

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