# List of public art in Strand, London

This is a list of public art in and around Strand, a thoroughfare in the City of Westminster, London.
Strand has linked Westminster with the City of London since the time of the Anglo-Saxons. 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 the Ages of Man for Zimbabwe House (originally the British 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.
On the campus of the London School of Economics, much of the public art was bequeathed to the university in 2005 by Louis Odette, a Canadian alumnus who also founded the Windsor Sculpture Park in Windsor, 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 of Camden.
Map of public art in Strand
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
| | Bust of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex | Devereux Court | 1676 c. 1676 | Attributed to Caius Gabriel Cibber | | Bust | Grade II | |
| More images | Statue of George III | Somerset House, Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court 51°30′41″N 0°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 a river god. The maritime theme refers both to the function of the building, as offices for the Royal Navy (among other institutions), and to the King himself as steering the ship of state. |
| | 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 the British Museum, incorporated by Holden into his Law Society extension of 1902–1904. The same design also appears on the railings surrounding Stevens's magnum opus, the Duke of Wellington's tomb in St Paul's Cathedral (completed in 1912). |
| | Kaled (also known as Lara's Page or Kaled on the Morning of Lara's Battle) | 193 Fleet Street | 1872–1873 | Giuseppe Grandi | Archer & Green | Statue in niche | Grade II | |
| More images | Architectural sculpture | 193 Fleet Street | 1883 | Houghton of Great Portland Street | Archer & Green | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | |
| | Truth, Justice, Liberty and Mercy | The Law Society | 1902–1904 | Charles Pibworth | Charles Holden | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | |
| More images | Statue of Peter II, Count of Savoy | Savoy Hotel, Strand | 1904 (erected) | Frank Lynn Jenkins | Thomas Edward Collcutt | Statue | Grade II | |
| More images | Memorial to William Ewart Gladstone | Strand, in front of St Clement Danes 51°30′47″N 0°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, the Duchy of Lancaster and Newark. |
| | Architectural sculpture on Milford Lane | Milford Lane, near the junction with Strand 51°30′46″N 0°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. |
| | Architectural sculpture on Milford Lane | Milford Lane, opposite Little Essex Street 51°30′45″N 0°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. |
| | Architectural sculpture on Milford Lane | Milford Lane, at junction with Tweezer's Alley 51°30′44″N 0°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. |
| More images | The Ages of Man | 429 Strand (Zimbabwe House) | 1907–1908 | Jacob Epstein | Charles Holden | Reliefs | Grade II* | |
| More images | Statue of Samuel Johnson | Strand, behind St Clement Danes 51°30′48″N 0°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 of James Boswell is set into the pedestal, which is a post-war replacement for the original. |
| More images | The Prosperity of Australia | Left of the main entrance of Australia House, Aldwych/Strand | 1915–1918 | Harold Parker | Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | |
| More images | The Awakening of Australia | Right of the main entrance of Australia House, Aldwych/Strand | 1915–1918 | Harold Parker | Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | |
| 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″N 0°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 the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Originally these were of copper but they have been replaced by flags carved from stone and painted. |
| | Memorial to Andrew Young | Strand, rear of central block of Bush House 51°30′45″N 0°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 | — | Inscribed IN 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 and Kingsway in 1899–1905. |
| | Anglo-American Friendship | Bush House, Aldwych 51°30′47″N 0°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 | |
| | Two elephants and a relief of the Lion Capital of Ashoka | India House, Aldwych | 1930s | | | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | |
| | Twelve decorations representing the states of India | India House, Aldwych | 1930s | | | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | |
| | Thought | Clare Market, Old Building (London School of Economics) | 1932–1933 | Edgar Silver Frith | A. S. G. Butler | Bas-reliefs | — | |
| | Mosaic | Clare Market, St Clement's Building (London School of Economics) 51°30′52″N 0°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. |
| | Winged Form | Gray's Inn Fields | 1968 | Geoffrey Wickham | | Architectural sculpture | | |
| More images | Statue of Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding | Strand, in front of St Clement Danes 51°30′47″N 0°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 the Queen Mother. 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. The pose has been described as "deliberately unheroic". |
| | The Marchers | King's College, London | 1975 | Fred Kormis | | Relief | | |
| More images | Bust of Jawaharlal Nehru | India Place 51°30′44″N 0°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 in India House. |
| More images | Statue of Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet | Strand, in front of St Clement Danes 51°30′47″N 0°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 of Cologne and Dresden. The unveiling was met by a public protest. |
| | Reliefs | 111 Strand | 2001–2002 | Langlands & Bell | Squire & Partners | Architectural sculpture | — | A simplified version of the surrounding street plan, in panels of Portland stone. |
| More images | Baby Tembo | John Watkins Plaza (London School of Economics) 51°30′51″N 0°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. This work and Yolanda vanderGaast's Penguin were formerly sited on Clare 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. |
| | Three Fates | Clement's Inn, opposite Pethick-Lawrence House (London School of Economics) 51°30′49″N 0°06′54″W﻿ / ﻿51.5137°N 0.1149°W﻿ / 51.5137; -0.1149﻿ (Three Fates) | 2003 | Morton Katz | — | Sculpture | — | Part of the Odette bequest. |
| | Equus | John Watkins Plaza, outside the British Library of Political and Economic Science 51°30′52″N 0°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. |
| | Bluerain | Lionel Robbins Building (London School of Economics), Portugal Street | 2009 | Michael Brown | | | — | |
| More images | Penguin | John Watkins Plaza (London School of Economics) 51°30′52″N 0°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 original Penguin of 2002 stood in Clare Market from 2005. In 2009 it was stolen; the thieves left only the flippers behind. A replacement statue was installed that year; in 2015 it moved to its current site. |
| | Final Sale | Houghton Street, Old Building (London School of Economics) | 2015 | Recycle Group (Andrey Blokhin and Georgy Kuznetsov) | — | Relief | — | |
| 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. |
| | The Ark | Lincoln Square, Carey Street 51°30′53″N 0°06′50″W﻿ / ﻿51.5148°N 0.1139°W﻿ / 51.5148; -0.1139 | 2019 | Pablo Reinoso | — | Sculpture | — | |