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	B !Grade II* (1298072)	[1]
	Commerce Welcoming All Nations	Battishill Street Gardens	1842 (carved) 1975 (unveiled on present site)	Watson, MusgraveMusgrave Watson			[2]
More images	Myddelton !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	C !Grade II (1298044)	[3]
More images	Wesley !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	C !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	C !Grade II (1298031)	[5]
	Bacon !Statue of Francis Bacon	Islington Central Library, Holloway Road	1906	Schenck, FrederickFrederick Schenck	Statue in niche		[5]
	Spenser !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	C !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	C !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]
	Paine !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	Adams !Statue of Tony Adams	Emirates Stadium	2011	MDM	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 9 December 2011.[16]
More images	Chapman !Statue of Herbert Chapman	Emirates Stadium	2011	MDM	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 9 December 2011.[17]
More images	Henry !Statue of Thierry Henry	Emirates Stadium	2011	Roulleau-Gallais, MargotMargot Roulleau-Gallais	Statue	N/A	Unvieled 9 December 2011.[18]
More images	Bergkamp !Statue of Dennis Bergkamp	Emirates Stadium	2014	MDM	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 22 February 2014.[19]
More images	Friar !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

Bibliography

• Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002), London: North, The Buildings of England 4, London and New Haven: Yale University Press 

External links

Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Islington at Wikimedia Commons

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