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Map of public art in the London Borough of Islington

Barnsbury

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Main article: Barnsbury
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Thornhill Road Gardens War Memorial Thornhill Road Gardens, junction of Thornhill Road and Richmond Avenue

51°32′20″N 0°06′37″W / 51.5389°N 0.1102°W / 51.5389; -0.1102 (Thornhill Road Gardens War Memorial) 		1920 ? War memorial with Celtic cross Grade II [1]
Huntingdon Arms sculpture 115 Hemingford Road (former Huntingdon Arms pub)

51°32′27″N 0°06′49″W / 51.5409°N 0.1136°W / 51.5409; -0.1136 (Huntingdon Arms sculpture) 		? Relief sculpture — [2]
Animal Park Thornhill Bridge Community Gardens

51°32′07″N 0°07′02″W / 51.5353°N 0.1171°W / 51.5353; -0.1171 (Animal Park) 		2006 Monica Shanta Brown Mosaics —


Canonbury

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Main article: Canonbury
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Horizon Canonbury Square, eastern section

51°32′37″N 0°06′00″W / 51.5437°N 0.0999°W / 51.5437; -0.0999 (Horizon) 		2019 David Harber Armillary sphere —


Clerkenwell

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Main article: Clerkenwell
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 1779–1782 (building) Joseph Nollekens Relief sculptures Grade II* [3]
Postal Workers' War Memorial
Western Postal District 		Mount Pleasant Mail Centre, Farringdon Road

51°31′29″N 0°06′40″W / 51.5246°N 0.1111°W / 51.5246; -0.1111 (Postal Workers' War Memorial) 		1920 ? Aedicule Grade II Unveiled 1 January 1920 at Wimpole Street Post Office, Marylebone. After that post office's closure in 1981 the memorial moved to the delivery offices in Rathbone Place; when they in turn closed in 2013 it moved to its current site.[4]
Edgerunner Owens Field, Goswell Road

51°31′50.8″N 0°06′18″W / 51.530778°N 0.10500°W / 51.530778; -0.10500 (Edgerunner) 		Paul Neagu Sculpture Unveiled 25 July 2012[5]


Farringdon

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Main article: Farringdon, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Samson and Deliah Greenhill Rents

51°31′11″N 0°06′10″W / 51.5198°N 0.1027°W / 51.5198; -0.1027 (Samson and Delilah) 		~1609–1610 Peter Paul Rubens Painting — Copy made for the National Gallery's "On Tour" exhibition in 2007.[6]
Memorial to Edward Johnston Farringdon station 2017 Fraser Muggeridge Mural — Unveiled 24 June 2019. Giant reversed wooden letters in the typeface Johnston designed for the London Underground.[7]
Avalanche Farringdon station 2018 Simon Periton Glazing motif — A sequence of large diamonds appearing to tumble down the escalator, alluding to the jewellers, goldsmiths and ironsmiths of nearby Hatton Garden.[8]
Spectre Farringdon station 2018 Simon Periton Glazing motif — Based on a drawing by Christopher Dresser titled Force and Energy (c. 1867–1873), contemporary with Smithfield Market which is adjacent to the station. Periton's design also references the etched glass found in Victorian pubs.[8]


Finsbury

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Main article: Finsbury
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Science and Agriculture City, University of London, College Building 1894 c. 1894 – c. 1896 Paul Raphael Montford Frieze Grade II [9]

More images 		Finsbury War Memorial Rosebery Avenue 15 August 1921 Thomas Rudge War memorial with statue Grade II [10]

More images 		Faceted Column Corner of Chiswell Street and Finsbury Pavement

51°31′13″N 0°05′15″W / 51.5204°N 0.0875°W / 51.5204; -0.0875 (Faceted Column) 		1999 Stephen Cox Sculpture — [11]
Memorial to the Moorgate tube crash Finsbury Square 2013 ? Memorial — Unveiled 28 July 2013.[12]
Mercury Top of Triton Court, Finsbury Square ? [13]
2 figures of Triton the God Triton Court, Finsbury Square
4 females Triton Court clock tower, Finsbury Square


Finsbury Park

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Main article: Finsbury Park
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Crossed pistols tile motif Finsbury Park station, Victoria line platforms 1968 Tom Eckersley — [14]
Balloon mosaics Finsbury Park station, Piccadilly line platforms 1983 Annabel Grey — [15]
Sustrans Portrait Bench Outside Finsbury Park station

51°33′54″N 0°06′20″W / 51.5649°N 0.1056°W / 51.5649; -0.1056 (Sustrans Portrait Bench) 		2013 ? Sculpture — Depicts Jazzie B, Edith Garrud and Florence Keen.[16][17]
Gillespie Park triptych Seven Sisters Road, by the entrance to Gillespie Park

51°33′50″N 0°06′21″W / 51.5640°N 0.1058°W / 51.5640; -0.1058 (Gilespie Park triptych) 		2013 London School of Mosaic Mosaic — Made with two local schools and approximately 20 volunteers; represents the flora and fauna of the park. Unveiled 2 December 2013.[18][19]
Elm Tree of Life Finsbury Park station Wells Terrace entrance

51°33′55″N 0°06′27″W / 51.5653°N 0.1076°W / 51.5653; -0.1076 (Elm Tree of Life) 		2020 Carrie Reichardt, Karen Francesca and ATM Mosaic — Opened 22 October 2020.[20]
CIL Mosaic City North Place, at junction with Goodwin Street

51°33′52″N 0°06′27″W / 51.5645°N 0.1075°W / 51.5645; -0.1075 (CIL Mosaic) 		2021 Carrie Reichardt Mosaic — Opened during the week of 20 September 2021. Commissioned by the Business Design Centre Group (BDCG) to honour Sam Morris, founder of BDCG and City Industrial Limited (CIL).[21]


Highbury

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Main article: Highbury
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Boer War Memorial Highbury Fields 1905 Bertram Mackennal War memorial with statue Grade II [22]
Statue of Francis Bacon Islington Central Library, Holloway Road 1906 Frederick Schenck Statue in niche Grade II [22]
Statue of Edmund Spenser Islington Central Library, Holloway Road 1906 Frederick Schenck Statue in niche Grade II [22]
The Neighbours Highbury Quadrant Estate

51°33′31″N 0°05′37″W / 51.5585°N 0.0936°W / 51.5585; -0.0936 		1957 Siegfried Charoux Sculptural group Grade II [23]

More images 		Highbury Manor tile motif Highbury & Islington station, Victoria line platforms 1968 Edward Bawden — [24]


Highgate

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Highgate is partly located outside the borough of Islington; for works not listed here see the relevant sections for the boroughs of Camden and Haringey.
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
St Aloysius' College War Memorial Hornsey Lane

51°34′13″N 0°08′20″W / 51.5703°N 0.1388°W / 51.5703; -0.1388 (St Aloysius' College War Memorial) 		after 1918 ? Canopied calvary with relief Grade II The Carrara marble relief shows the Crucifixion with the Three Maries at the foot of the Cross.[25]

More images 		Dick Whittington's cat Whittington Stone, Highgate Hill

51°33′59″N 0°08′13″W / 51.5665°N 0.1369°W / 51.5665; -0.1369 		1964 Jonathan Kenworthy Sculpture Grade II [26]


Holloway

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Main article: Holloway, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Prayer of Peace Elthorne Park, Upper Holloway 1986 Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede Sculpture — [27]

More images 		Statue of Tony Adams Emirates Stadium 2011 MDM Statue — Unveiled 9 December 2011.[28]

More images 		Statue of Herbert Chapman Emirates Stadium 2011 MDM Statue — Unveiled 9 December 2011.[29]

More images 		Statue of Thierry Henry Emirates Stadium 2011 Margot Roulleau-Gallais Statue — Unveiled 9 December 2011.[30]

More images 		Statue of Dennis Bergkamp Emirates Stadium 2014 MDM Statue — Unveiled 22 February 2014.[31]

More images 		Statue of Ken Friar Emirates Stadium 2014 MDM Statue — Unveiled 28 February 2014.[32]
Memorial to Windrush and Commonwealth NHS nurses and midwives Whittington Hospital 2021 ? Sculpture — Unveiled 10 September 2021.[33]
Statue of Arsène Wenger Emirates Stadium 2023 Jim Guy Statue — Unveiled 28 July 2023.[34]


Newington Green

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Main article: Newington Green
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft 		Newington Green

51°33′05″N 0°05′06″W / 51.5515°N 0.0851°W / 51.5515; -0.0851 (A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft) 		2020 Maggi Hambling Sculpture — Unveiled 10 November 2020.[35]


Pentonville

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Main article: Pentonville
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
War memorial at St Silas's Church Risinghill Street

51°32′01″N 0°06′42″W / 51.5335°N 0.1117°W / 51.5335; -0.1117 (War memorial at St Silas's Church) 		1917 Arthur George Walker Memorial cross Grade II


St Luke's

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Main article: St Luke's, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Christ Healing the Blind Man Moorfields Eye Hospital, King George V Extension 1933–1935 (building) Eric Gill Relief sculpture [36]
Opening the Lockgate Outside 250 City Road, opposite City Road Basin 2020 Ian Rank-Broadley Sculptural group — Commemorates the bicentenary of the Regent's Canal. The first of three works by the sculptor commissioned for the development; the others will be installed in 2021 and 2023.[37]


St Mary's

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Main article: St Mary's
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Frieze from Hall of Commerce, probably untitled, known as Commerce Welcoming All Nations and The Benefice of Commerce Battishill Street Gardens, Napier Terrace. Originally in Edward Moxhay's Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle Street, demolished 1922.

51°32′23″N 0°06′15″W / 51.539821°N 0.104189°W / 51.539821; -0.104189 		1842
1975 (unveiled on present site)		 Musgrave Watson Sculpted frieze — Frieze relocated for garden opening in 1975.[38][39][a]
Sculpture of hen with chicks Hen and Chickens Theatre Bar, 109 St Paul's Road

51°32′46″N 0°06′07″W / 51.5461°N 0.1020°W / 51.5461; -0.1020 		1854 ? Relief sculpture — [41]
Sculpture of hounds chasing hare 181 Upper Street (formerly the Hare and Hounds pub)

51°32′32″N 0°06′11″W / 51.5421°N 0.1031°W / 51.5421; -0.1031 		1856 c. 1856 ? Relief sculpture — [42]

More images 		Statue of Hugh Myddelton Islington Green

51°32′09″N 0°06′13″W / 51.5357°N 0.1036°W / 51.5357; -0.1036 		1862 John Thomas Statue Grade II [43]
Sculpture of three wheatsheaves 56 Upper Street (formerly the Three Wheatsheaves pub)

51°32′08″N 0°06′15″W / 51.5355°N 0.1042°W / 51.5355; -0.1042 		1864 c. 1864 ? Relief sculpture — [44]
Four caryatids 116–118 Upper Street (formerly the Northern District Post Office)

51°32′18″N 0°06′09″W / 51.5384°N 0.1025°W / 51.5384; -0.1025 (Four caryatids) 		1906 c. 1906 ? Statues Grade II
Female figure 75 and 75A Upper Street (originally the entrance to the Electric Theatre cinema, 1908–1916)

51°32′11″N 0°06′13″W / 51.5364°N 0.1037°W / 51.5364; -0.1037 		1908 ? Statue on dome Grade II The figure originally held an electric lighted globe.[45]
Memorial to Thomas Paine Angel Court, Owen Street 1991 Kevin Jordan Obelisk — [46]
Angel Angel tube station 1996 Kevin Boys Statue — [47]
Angel on the Green Anderson Square garden

51°32′12″N 0°06′09″W / 51.5366°N 0.1026°W / 51.5366; -0.1026 (Angel on the Green) 		1999 John Roberts Statue — Unveiled 6 September 1999.[48]

More images 		Angel Wings N1 Retail Plaza, The Angel, Islington 2003 Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron Sculpture — [49]
Halo N1 Retail Plaza, The Angel, Islington 2003 Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron Sculpture — [49]
Islington Green War Memorial Islington Green 2004 (replacing an earlier "temporary" war memorial) John Maine War memorial — [50]
Street Cat Bob Islington Green

51°32′11″N 0°06′09″W / 51.5363°N 0.1026°W / 51.5363; -0.1026 		2021 Tanya Russell Bronze sculpture — Unveiled 15 July 2021.[51]
Sculpture of Old Parr's head, plus other designs 66 Cross Street / 290 Upper Street (formerly the Old Parr's Head pub)

51°32′23″N 0°06′08″W / 51.5396°N 0.1023°W / 51.5396; -0.1023 		? Relief sculptures — [52]


Shoreditch

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Main article: Shoreditch
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

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

51°31′25″N 0°05′14″W / 51.5237°N 0.0872°W / 51.5237; -0.0872 		1891 John Adams-Acton Statue Grade II [43]


Notes

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  1. ^ An accompanying plaque reads: "The stone frieze was carved by Musgrave Watson in 1842 and formed part of a Hall of Commerce in Threadneedle Street until it was demolished in 1922. The stonework was salvaged by Sir Albert Richardson and remained in pieces at London University. In 1974 these were given to the Borough Architect who replaced the missing sections to make the frieze a feature in the new Battishill Gardens. The sculpture is an allegorical composition showing Commerce standing centrally with wings outstretched to welcome all nations. On the left hand side there is a lion and representations of Poetry, Music and Painting; then Enterprise guided by Genius with a group looking towards the Messenger of Peace and Glad Tidings. On the other side of Commerce is Peace and Bearers of Fruits of the Earth, then Navigation guided by Urania and others personifying Geography and Education. To the far right are people of other countries shackled and dejected looking imploringly towards Britannia holding a flag, symbolic of liberty and protection." The frieze was restored in 2024 by the Heritage of London Trust.[40]

References

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  1. ^ "Thornhill Road Gardens". War Memorials Online. War Memorials Trust. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Huntingdon Arms, Islington". Pubs History. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Clerkenwell Conference Centre (1298072)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Postal Workers' War Memorial (1420357)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ Brannen, Aimee (28 July 2012). "Huge sculpture unveiled in Islington". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  6. ^ "The National Gallery's Grand Tour". The Guardian. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Edward Johnston: London Underground unveils memorial for the iconic designer". typeroom. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  8. ^ a b Artwork at Farringfon: 'Avalanche' and 'Spectre' by Simon Periton, 2018. Crossrail. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  9. ^ Temple, Philip, ed. (2008). "Northampton Square area: Northampton Square and adjacent streets". South and East Clerkenwell. Survey of London. Vol. 46. London: London County Council. pp. 304–321. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  10. ^ Finsbury War Monument London Remembers. Accessed 4 August 2014
  11. ^ Planning approval
  12. ^ "Moorgate tube disaster – Finsbury Square". London Remembers. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  13. ^ Rooftop Statues.
  14. ^ Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Finsbury Park Accessed 3 August 2014.
  15. ^ The Mosaics at Finsbury Park Accessed 20 August 2014.
  16. ^ M@ (12 September 2019). "What Connects Michael Caine, Ronnie Corbett And Nicola Adams? London's Portrait Benches". Londonist. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  17. ^ Stubbs, Dan (26 April 2013). "Soul II Soul's Jazzie B honoured with jazzy bench". NME. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  18. ^ Dean, Jon (6 December 2013). "Mosaic 'first small step' in transforming Finsbury Park". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Gillespie Park triptych (2013)". London School of Mosaic. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Elm Tree of Life Mosaic Created at Finsbury Park Station". Inspiring City. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  21. ^ Schofield, Blanca (27 September 2021). "Mosaic unveiled near Finsbury Park station entrance at City North". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  22. ^ a b c Statues in Islington Accessed 18 July 2011
  23. ^ Historic England. "'The Neighbours' sculpture at Highbury Quadrant Estate (1031596)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  24. ^ Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Highbury and Islington Accessed 3 August 2014
  25. ^ "St Aloysians". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  26. ^ Historic England. "Whittington Stone, about 15 metres south of the junction with Mandala Avenue (1298038)". National Heritage List for England.
  27. ^ O'Kane 2002, p. 159.
  28. ^ Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012). "Tony Adams". From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  29. ^ Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012). "Herbert Chapman". From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  30. ^ Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012). "Thierry Henry". From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  31. ^ Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012). "Dennis Bergkamp". From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  32. ^ Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012). "Ken Friar". From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  33. ^ Bartholomew, Emma (13 September 2021). "Statue to honour Windrush nurses unveiled outside Whittington Hospital". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  34. ^ Arsène Wenger (b.1949). Art UK. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  35. ^ Topping, Alexandra (10 November 2020). "'Insulting to her': Mary Wollstonecraft sculpture sparks backlash". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  36. ^ Cherry & Pevsner 2002, p. 611.
  37. ^ "New Sculpture Celebrates Heritage Of The Regent's Canal". Londonist. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  38. ^ "Relief: Battishill Gardens". London Remembers. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  39. ^ Musgrave Watson frieze in Battishill Gardens Accessed 20 December 2010
  40. ^ "Commerce Welcoming All Nations Frieze: Restoration of the frieze". Heritage of London Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  41. ^ "Hen & Chickens, Islington". Pubs History. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  42. ^ "Hare and Hounds, Islington". Pubs History. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  43. ^ a b Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
  44. ^ "Three Wheatsheaves, Islington". Pubs History. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  45. ^ Draper, Chris (1989). Islington's Cinemas & Film Studios. Islington Libraries. p. 28. ISBN 0-902260-21-9.
  46. ^ Rights of Man in Islington – UK Attraction Accessed 18 July 2011
  47. ^ Angel. Art UK. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  48. ^ Buckman, David (21 November 2002). "Obituary: John Roberts; Unworldly Sculptor in a Classical and Medieval Tradition" (PDF). The Independent. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  49. ^ a b CV: Wolfgang and Heron CV. Public Art Online. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  50. ^ Art in the Open Resource – Islington Green Accessed 4 August 2014
  51. ^ Street Cat Bob: Statue unveiled to animal that inspired books and films. BBC. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  52. ^ "Old Parr's Head, Islington". Pubs History. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

Bibliography

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  • Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). London: North. The Buildings of England. Vol. 4. London and New Haven: Yale University Press.
  • O'Kane, Paul (2002). Donnell, Alison (ed.). "Jegede, Emmanuel Taiwo". Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. pp. 158–159.
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