Items - Cast in Stone

Boer War Memorial, Beeston

Boer War Memorial, Earlestown

Boer War Memorial, Glasgow

Boer War Memorial, Kingston upon Hull

Boer War Memorial, Wigan

Bust of Haile Selassie

The bust of Selassie, first erected in 1957, was destroyed by a group of protestors on June 30th 2020. The likely motivation for the action was a response to the killing of the Ethiopian protest singer Hachalu Hundessa in Addis Ababa the previous day.

Melville Monument

A very tall stone tower in St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, topped with a statue of Henry Dundas

Memorial to the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Edinburgh

Monument to Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Paris

The monument is a 12-metre-long wall, tiered into three steps rising from left to right to a height of 4.30 metres. To the left: a bas-relief depicts a line of 11 marchers, with the Europeans at the head of the line. The mission doctor is seated on a low stool, treating a soldier. A European waits beside him, keeping an eye on the column. The itinerary, marked with place names, is engraved above the column. Plants appear between the figures. Right: the statue of Marchand is detached from the monument, raised and oversized in relation to the others. Bareheaded, arms folded, he stands facing the viewer, guarding the flagpole and shield, both in bronze. This statue was damaged and removed in 1983. The names of all the Europeans and the number of African soldiers are engraved on the shield.

Monument to Thomas Carlyle, Glasgow

Monument Victor Schœlcher, Schœlcher

The statue, created by Martinican sculptor Marie-Thérèse Lung Fou (1909-1981), depicts abolitionist Victor Schœlcher standing in full regalia. The refined, sober work of art deco inspiration honors the memory of the abolitionist politician with dignity. The artist breaks with the paternalistic, colonial vision of older monuments, notably those in Fort-de-France and Cayenne. A plaque on the pedestal recalls the decree of the Provisional Government of March 4, 1848: “No French land shall bear slaves any longer. Victor Schœlcher 1804-1893”.

Nelson's Column

Depicts a standing figure of Nelson, on top of a high Corinthina pillar with an elaborate capitol. Nelson is in a dynamic standing posture, wearing eighteenth-century military attire, and holding a sword in his left hand. The sleeve of the amputated arm is tucked into the lapels of the court. The four sides of the pedestal are decorated with four bronze reliefs, created using captured and melted French cannons. The south-facing panel, titled 'The death of Nelson' depicts a soldier with African features, holding a musket. David Olusoga notes how contemporary observers noticed this figure, their African features, and commented on it positively. Four bronze Barbary lions were added to the base of the column much later, in 1867.

Statue of Benjamin Disraeli, Bolton

Statue of Cecil Rhodes, Oriel College, Oxford

Statue of Charles Gordon, Gravesend

Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Hull

Statue of Charles II, Gloucester

Statue of Charles II, Soho

Statue of Charles Leclerc, Pontoise

Statue of Father Thames

Statue of Florence Nightingale

Statue of Galbraith Lowry Cole

Statue of Hans Sloane, Duke of York Square

Located to the left of the Saatchi Gallery

Statue of Hans Sloane, Killyleagh

Duplicate of the statue of Hans Sloane in Chelsea, London.

Statue of Herbert Ingram

Statue of Horatio Nelson, Norwich

Statue of Hugh Percy, Tynemouth

Statue of John Dinham

The Dinham statue unveiling ceremony on March 26th 1866 was accompanied by a speech from Samuel Trehawke Kekewich MP (1796 - 1873), who had been awarded partial compensation as a trustee of the Hope Vale estate in Grenada in 1836.

Statue of Joseph Sturge, Birmingham

Statue of King Edward VI, St Thomas' Hospital exterior

Statue of King Edward VII, Birmingham

Statue of King Edward VII, Lichfield

Statue of King George III, Lincoln

Statue of King George III, Weymouth

Statue of King George V

Statue of Mungo Park

The statue of Mungo Park is accompanied by four bronze statues on each corner of the plinth, as well as two bronze reliefs on either side. The original statue of Park was created by Andrew Currie in 1859, while the bronze figures and reliefs were added by Thomas John Clapperton in 1913. According to the commission, the four figures were designed to symbolise 'the four tribes with whom Park came in contact in his travels in South Africa'. They supposedly represent "Peace", "War", "Slavery", and "Home Life in the Niger".

Statue of Napoléon, Adlington