Map of public art in Strand

This is alist of public art in and aroundStrand, a thoroughfare in theCity of Westminster,London.

Strand has linkedWestminster with theCity of London since the time of theAnglo-Saxons.^[1]Aldwych is a crescent at its eastern end created during urban improvements in the early 20th century. Among the examples of architectural sculpture in this area,Jacob Epstein's reliefs of theAges of Man forZimbabwe House (originally theBritish Medical Association building) are of particular note. These were the sculptor's first major works in Britain and the subject of heated controversy due to the figures' nudity in a public setting.^[2]

On the campus of theLondon School of Economics, much of the public art was bequeathed to the university in 2005 by Louis Odette, a Canadian alumnus who also founded theWindsor Sculpture Park inWindsor, Ontario. He bequeathed a total of 13 works, mainly by Canadian sculptors, to the institution. Not all of those works are within the remit of this list, as some are situated indoors or in the adjacent borough ofCamden.^[3]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bust ofRobert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex	Devereux Court	1676 c. 1676	Attributed toCaius Gabriel Cibber		Bust	Grade II	[4]
More images	Statue ofGeorge III	Somerset House,Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court 51°30′41″N0°07′03″W / 51.5113°N 0.1174°W /51.5113; -0.1174 (Statue of George III)	1790 c. 1790	John Bacon	William Chambers	Sculptural groups	Grade I	The King, in the upper group, leans on a rudder and is flanked by a British lion and the prow of a classical barge; the Thames is represented below him as ariver god. The maritime theme refers both to the function of the building, as offices for theRoyal Navy (among other institutions), and to the King himself as steering the ship of state.[5]
	Lions sejant	The Law Society,Chancery Lane	1852(original model)	Alfred Stevens	Charles Holden	Iron railing finials	Grade II*	Copies of the figures originally designed for the (now removed) dwarf-posts outside theBritish Museum, incorporated by Holden into his Law Society extension of 1902–1904. The same design also appears on the railings surrounding Stevens'smagnum opus, theDuke of Wellington's tomb inSt Paul's Cathedral (completed in 1912).[6][7]
	Kaled (also known asLara's Page orKaled on the Morning of Lara's Battle)	193Fleet Street	1872–1873	Giuseppe Grandi	Archer & Green	Statue in niche	Grade II	[8]
More images	Architectural sculpture	193Fleet Street	1883	Houghton of Great Portland Street	Archer & Green	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[8]
	Truth,Justice,Liberty andMercy	The Law Society	1902–1904	Charles Pibworth	Charles Holden	Architectural sculpture	Grade II*	[9]
More images	Statue ofPeter II, Count of Savoy	Savoy Hotel, Strand	1904 (erected)	Frank Lynn Jenkins	Thomas Edward Collcutt	Statue	Grade II	[10]
More images	Memorial toWilliam Ewart Gladstone	Strand, in front ofSt Clement Danes 51°30′47″N0°06′53″W / 51.5130°N 0.1146°W /51.5130; -0.1146 (Memorial to William Ewart Gladstone)	1905	William Hamo Thornycroft	John Lee	Memorial with statue and other sculpture	Grade II	Unveiled 4 November 1905. Allegorical figures around the base represent Courage, Education, Aspiration and Brotherhood. Also represented are the arms of Gladstone's constituencies,Midlothian,Oxford University, theDuchy of Lancaster andNewark.[11]
	Architectural sculpture on Milford Lane	Milford Lane, near the junction with Strand 51°30′46″N0°06′49″W / 51.5128°N 0.1137°W /51.5128; -0.1137 (Architectural sculpture on Milford Lane)	c. 1900–1925	Henry Poole	—	Repurposed architectural sculpture	—	Commissioned for the offices of the United Kingdom Provident Institution, demolished in the 1970s.[12]
	Architectural sculpture on Milford Lane	Milford Lane, opposite Little Essex Street 51°30′45″N0°06′48″W / 51.5124°N 0.1134°W /51.5124; -0.1134 (Architectural sculpture on Milford Lane)	c. 1900–1925	Henry Poole	—	Repurposed architectural sculpture	—	Commissioned for the offices of the United Kingdom Provident Institution, demolished in the 1970s.[12]
	Architectural sculpture on Milford Lane	Milford Lane, at junction withTweezer's Alley 51°30′44″N0°06′47″W / 51.5121°N 0.1131°W /51.5121; -0.1131 (Architectural sculpture on Milford Lane)	c. 1900–1925	Henry Poole	—	Repurposed architectural sculpture	—	Commissioned for the offices of the United Kingdom Provident Institution, demolished in the 1970s.[12]
More images	The Ages of Man	429 Strand (Zimbabwe House)	1907–1908	Jacob Epstein	Charles Holden	Reliefs	Grade II*
More images	Statue ofSamuel Johnson	Strand, behindSt Clement Danes 51°30′48″N0°06′49″W / 51.5132°N 0.1136°W /51.5132; -0.1136 (Statue of Samuel Johnson)	1910	Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald	—	Statue	Grade II	Unveiled 4 August 1910. Fitzgerald was an amateur sculptor and something of a self-appointed authority on Dr Johnson, who was a parishioner of St Clement's. A portrait medallion ofJames Boswell is set into the pedestal, which is a post-war replacement for the original.[13]
More images	The Prosperity of Australia	Left of the main entrance ofAustralia House,Aldwych/Strand	1915–1918	Harold Parker	Alexander Marshall Mackenzie	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[14]
More images	The Awakening of Australia	Right of the main entrance ofAustralia House,Aldwych/Strand	1915–1918	Harold Parker	Alexander Marshall Mackenzie	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[14]
More images	Phoebus Driving the Horses of the Sun	Australia House,Aldwych/Strand	1919; erected 1923	Bertram Mackennal	Alexander Marshall Mackenzie	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[14][15]
More images	Civil Service Rifles War Memorial	Somerset House, River Terrace 51°30′37″N0°07′03″W / 51.51032°N 0.11756°W /51.51032; -0.11756 (Civil Service Rifles War Memorial)	1923	—	Edwin Lutyens	Memorial	Grade II*	Unveiled 27 January 1924 in the centre of the courtyard of Somerset House; relocated in 2002. The fictive flags are a feature that Lutyens originally intended to employ on theCenotaph in Whitehall.[16] Originally these were of copper but they have been replaced by flags carved from stone and painted.[17]
	Memorial toAndrew Young	Strand, rear of central block ofBush House 51°30′45″N0°07′01″W / 51.5125°N 0.1169°W /51.5125; -0.1169 (Memorial to Andrew Young)	1924	Eric Bradbury	Harvey Wiley Corbett(Bush House)	Plaque with portrait relief	—	InscribedIN MEMORY OF/ ANDREW YOUNG F.S.I/ FIRST VALUER TO THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL/ 1884–1914/ HE LABOURED TO BEAUTIFY/ THE LONDON HE LOVED. Young oversaw the building of Aldwych andKingsway in 1899–1905.[18][19]
	Anglo-American Friendship	Bush House,Aldwych 51°30′47″N0°07′03″W / 51.5131°N 0.1175°W /51.5131; -0.1175 (Anglo-American Friendship)	1924–1925	Malvina Hoffman	Harvey Wiley Corbett(Bush House)	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[20]
	Two elephants and a relief of theLion Capital of Ashoka	India House,Aldwych	1930s			Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[21]
	Twelve decorations representing the states of India	India House,Aldwych	1930s			Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[21]
	Thought	Clare Market, Old Building (London School of Economics)	1932–1933	Edgar Silver Frith	A. S. G. Butler	Bas-reliefs	—	[22][23][24]
	Mosaic	Clare Market, St Clement's Building (London School of Economics) 51°30′52″N0°07′01″W / 51.5144°N 0.1170°W /51.5144; -0.1170 (Mosaic)	1961	Harry Warren Wilson	White-Cooper & Turner	Mosaic	—	The mosaic represents the River Thames and subjects taught at the LSE.[25][26][23]
	Winged Form	Gray's Inn Fields	1968	Geoffrey Wickham		Architectural sculpture		[27]
More images	Statue ofHugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding	Strand, in front ofSt Clement Danes 51°30′47″N0°06′51″W / 51.5130°N 0.1143°W /51.5130; -0.1143 (Statue of Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding)	1988	Faith Winter	C. A. Hart	Statue	—	Unveiled 30 October 1988 by theQueen Mother.[28] The first of a pair of statues of notable Royal Air Force personnel to be erected outside St Clement Danes, the Central Church of the RAF.[29] The pose has been described as "deliberately unheroic".[28]
	The Marchers	King's College, London	1975	Fred Kormis		Relief		[30]
More images	Bust ofJawaharlal Nehru	India Place 51°30′44″N0°07′07″W / 51.5123°N 0.1185°W /51.5123; -0.1185 (Memorial to Jawaharlal Nehru)	1991	Latika Katt	Peter Leach Associates	Bust	—	Unveiled 14 November 1991 inIndia House.[31]
More images	Statue ofSir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet	Strand, in front ofSt Clement Danes 51°30′47″N0°06′52″W / 51.5131°N 0.1144°W /51.5131; -0.1144 (Statue of Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet)	1992	Faith Winter	T. Hart and Michael Goss	Statue	—	Unveiled 31 May 1992 by the Queen Mother. The decision to commemorate "Bomber" Harris ignited a major controversy and was criticised by the mayors ofCologne andDresden. The unveiling was met by a public protest.[32]
	Reliefs	111 Strand	2001–2002	Langlands & Bell	Squire & Partners	Architectural sculpture	—	A simplified version of the surrounding street plan, in panels ofPortland stone.[33]
More images	Baby Tembo	John Watkins Plaza (London School of Economics) 51°30′51″N0°07′00″W / 51.5143°N 0.1167°W /51.5143; -0.1167 (Baby Tembo)	2002	Derrick Stephan Hudson	—	Sculpture	—	Part of the Odette bequest.[34] This work and Yolanda vanderGaast'sPenguin were formerly sited onClare Market as the LSE crèche was at that time located at the top of the street, and it was thought that these sculptures might appeal to children.[3]
	Three Fates	Clement's Inn, opposite Pethick-Lawrence House (London School of Economics) 51°30′49″N0°06′54″W / 51.5137°N 0.1149°W /51.5137; -0.1149 (Three Fates)	2003	Morton Katz	—	Sculpture	—	Part of the Odette bequest.[3]
	Equus	John Watkins Plaza, outside theBritish Library of Political and Economic Science 51°30′52″N0°06′58″W / 51.5145°N 0.1160°W /51.5145; -0.1160 (Equus)	2003	Edwina Sandys	—	Sculpture	—	Part of the Odette bequest. A bronze copy of a smaller marble original of 1977, produced during the artist's "Stone Age" period.[35]
	Bluerain	Lionel Robbins Building (London School of Economics), Portugal Street	2009	Michael Brown			—	[36]
More images	Penguin	John Watkins Plaza (London School of Economics) 51°30′52″N0°07′00″W / 51.5144°N 0.1168°W /51.5144; -0.1168 (Penguin)	2009	Yolanda vanderGaast	—	Sculpture	—	Part of the Odette bequest. VanderGaast's originalPenguin of 2002[3] stood inClare Market from 2005. In 2009 it was stolen; the thieves left only the flippers behind.[37] A replacement statue was installed that year; in 2015 it moved to its current site.[38]
	Final Sale	Houghton Street, Old Building (London School of Economics)	2015	Recycle Group(Andrey Blokhin and Georgy Kuznetsov)	—	Relief	—	[24][39]
More images	The World Turned Upside Down	Sheffield Street, outside the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre (London School of Economics)	2019	Mark Wallinger	—	Sculpture	—	Unveiled 26 March 2019.[40]
	The Ark	Lincoln Square,Carey Street 51°30′53″N0°06′50″W / 51.5148°N 0.1139°W /51.5148; -0.1139	2019	Pablo Reinoso	—	Sculpture	—	[41]

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