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City of Westminster
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Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Parliament Square
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Statue of Millicent Fawcett, Parliament Square
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Statue of Nelson Mandela, Parliament Square
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Statue of Oliver Cromwell, Westminster
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Statue of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Westminster
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Statue of Queen Anne, Westminster
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Statue of Robert Clive, in FCO London
A marble statue of Robert Clive in hybrid Roman imperial outfit, modelled on Augustus Caesar, the greatest of all Roman emperors. Clive wears a cingulum militare, or a belt with hanging leather and metal straps, and sandals, to show that he is a soldier. However, on his upper body, he wears a toga, to show his concurrent civilian stature. A short straight sword is inexplicably tucked upside down under his right arm , while the left hand makes an oratorial gesture, presenting him as a philosopher. A shield with the head of Medusa is propped near his feet; since looking into Medusa's eyes was meant to turn the viewer to stone, Medusa shields were intended to be ritually protective in Roman iconography. This statue is therefore a knowledgeable but highly eclectic mix of Roman iconography, which tries to present Clive as a Roman hero, but in a manner that no Roman statue would ever be made. It was one of four marble statues commissioned by the British East India Company in the 1760s, and represented the rising British obsession with Roman-style statuary. -
Statue of Robert Peel, Parliament Square
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Statue of Sidney Herbert, Pall Mall
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Statue of Spencer Cavendish, Westminster
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Statue of W E Gladstone, Westminster
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Statue of Wilfrid Lawson
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Statue of William Huskisson, Pimlico Gardens
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Statue of William Pitt the Younger, Hanover Square
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Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square
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Victoria Memorial
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Wellington Monument, London
Colossal bronze allegorical statue of the Greek hero Achilles, intended as a tribute to the Duke of Wellington.