# List of public art in Liverpool

The city of Liverpool has a greater number of public sculptures than any other location in the United Kingdom aside from Westminster. Early examples include works by George Frampton, Goscombe John, Thomas Thornycroft, Charles Bell Birch, Richard Westmacott, Francis Chantrey, John Gibson, Thomas Brock and F.W. Pomeroy, while Barbara Hepworth, Jacob Epstein, Mitzi Cunliffe and Elisabeth Frink provide some of the modern offerings. More recently, local artist Tom Murphy has created a dozen sculptures in Liverpool.
While statues and sculpture are dotted throughout the inner city, there are four primary groupings: inside and around St George's Hall; in St John's Gardens; around the Pier Head; and around the Palm House at Sefton Park. Smaller groups are found in Old Hall Street/Exchange Flags and in and around The Oratory.
The Queen Victoria Monument at Derby Square, an ensemble of 26 bronze figures by C. J. Allen, is described in the Liverpool Pevsner Architectural Guide as one of the most ambitious British monuments to the Queen.
NB: the following list does not include the comprehensive collections held by National Museums Liverpool, or the countless ornate features of many Liverpool buildings.

## Royalty

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata |
| More images | George III | Monument Place, London Road | 1822 | Richard Westmacott | Equestrian statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | Grade II | Q26629818 |
| More images | Prince Albert | St. George's Hall | 1866 | Thomas Thornycroft | Equestrian statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | Grade II | Q2633144 |
| More images | Queen Victoria | St. George's Hall | 1869 | Thomas Thornycroft | Equestrian statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | Grade II | Q26643648 |
| More images | Queen Victoria Monument | Derby Square | 1906 | C. J. Allen | 26 statues with canopy, pedestal, stepped base | Bronze & stone | Grade II | Q7926878 |
| More images | Edward VII | Pier Head | 1916 | Goscombe John | Equestrian statue on pedestal | Bronze | Grade II | Q26320984 |
| More images | George V | Entrance to Queensway Tunnel | 1939 | Goscombe John | Statue | Bronze | | |
| More images | Queen Mary | Entrance to Queensway Tunnel | 1939 | Goscombe John | Statue | Bronze | | |

## Statesmen and politicians

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| | William Huskisson | The Oratory | 1831 | John Gibson | | Marble | Grade II | | Originally stood inside the Huskisson Memorial in nearby St James's Cemetery |
| | George Canning | Interior of Liverpool Town Hall | 1832 | Francis Chantrey | Statue | Marble | | | |
| | William Ewart | The Oratory | 1832 | Joseph Gott | Seated statue on pedestal | Marble | | | |
| More images | William Huskisson | Dukes Terrace car-park | 1847 | John Gibson | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & granite | Grade II | Q26672851 | |
| More images | Robert Peel | Interior of St. George's Hall | 1853 | Matthew Noble | Statue | Marble | | | |
| More images | William Ewart Gladstone | Interior of St. George's Hall | 1868 | John Adams-Acton | Statue | Marble | | Q114931838 | |
| More images | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | Interior of St. George's Hall | 1869 | William Theed | Statue | Marble | | Q114932213 | |
| More images | Samuel Robert Graves | Interior of St. George's Hall | 1875 | Giovanni Fontana | Statue | Marble | | Q114931462 | |
| More images | Benjamin Disraeli | St. George's Hall | 1883 | Charles Bell Birch | Statue on pedestal | Bronze | Grade II | Q26643647 | |
| More images | Edward Whitley | Interior of St. George's Hall | 1895 | Albert Bruce Joy | Statue | Marble | | Q114917690 | |
| More images | Arthur Bower Forwood | St John's Gardens | 1903 | George Frampton | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | Grade II | Q26643650 | |
| More images | William Ewart Gladstone | St John's Gardens | 1904 | Thomas Brock | Statue on pedestal, relief panel & 2 statues at base | Bronze | Grade II | Q26333153 | |
| More images | Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby | Interior of St. George's Hall | 1911 | F. W. Pomeroy | Statue | Marble | | Q114932527 | |
| More images | Archibald Salvidge | Queensway Tunnel portal | After 1928 | Edward Carter Preston | Relief medallion | Stone | | | |
| More images | Bessie Braddock | Lime Street station | 2009 | Tom Murphy | Statue | Bronze | | | |

## Military and war memorials

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | Nelson Monument | Exchange Flags | 1813 | Matthew Cotes Wyatt & Richard Westmacott | Sculpture group on pedestal and base | Bronze, marble & stone | 8.8m high | Grade II* | Q4343277 | |
| More images | Wellington's Column | Corner of Lime Street & William Brown Street | 1863 | George Anderson Lawson | Statue on Doric column, pedestal & steps | Bronze & stone | 40m high | Grade II* | Q1720584 | |
| More images | William Earle | St. George's Hall | 1887 | Charles Bell Birch | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | 6.4m high | Grade II | Q26333142 | |
| More images | The King's Regiment memorial | St John's Gardens | 1905 | Goscombe John | Statues with pedestal, base & wall | Bronze & stone | | Grade II | Q26333154 | Cast at AB Burton foundry; built by William Kirkpatrick Ltd. |
| More images | Memorial to Heroes of the Marine Engine Room | Pier Head | 1916 | Goscombe John | Obelisk with statues | Bronze & stone | | Grade II* | Q3305518 | |
| More images | Cunard War Memorial | Cunard Building, Pier Head | 1921 | Arthur Davis and Henry Alfred Pegram | Statue on column | Copper & granite | | Grade II | Q26304089 | |
| More images | Cotton Association war memorial | Walker House, Exchange Flags | 1922 | Francis Derwent Wood | Statue & plaque | Bronze | | Grade II | Q66478442 | Relocated in 2013 from the Cotton Exchange Building. |
| More images | Exchange Newsroom memorial | Exchange Flags | 1924 | Joseph Phillips | Sculpture group, base & plaque | Bronze & stone | | Grade II | Q96607282 | |
| More images | Post Office Workers memorial | Metquarter, Victoria Street | 1924 | Herbert Tyson Smith | Statue & plaques | Limestone | 1.6m high | Not listed | | |
| More images | Liverpool Cenotaph | St. George's Hall | 1930 | Lionel Bailey Budden & Herbert Tyson Smith | Rectangular Cenotaph, relief panels & stepped base | Stone & bronze | 18.6m long, 4.6m high | Grade I | Q15794860 | |
| More images | Jet of Iada London Blitz Search and Rescue dog | Calderstones Park | 1949 | | Pillar with plaque | Stone and cast metal | 1.2m tall | | | |
| More images | Liverpool Naval Memorial | Pier Head | 1952 | Herbert Tyson Smith | Column, base & surrounding walls | Cememt & Portland stone | | Grade II | Q19840374 | Architects, Stanley Harold Smith & Charles Frederick Blythin. |
| More images | Black Merchant Seamen War Memorial | Falkner Square | 1993 | Alan Roberts Ltd | Stone of Remembrance | Sandstone | | | | |
| More images | Merchant Navy memorial | Pier Head | 1998 | John Shimmin | Cenotaph | Portland stone | | | Q54328883 | D Strachan & Burkey, masons. |
| More images | Frederic John Walker DSO*** | Pier Head | 1998 | Tom Murphy | Statue | Bronze | | | | |
| More images | Liverpool Blitz memorial | Our Lady & St Nicholas Church garden, Pier Head | 2000 | Tom Murphy | Sculpture group | Bronze | | | | |
| More images | Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC* | Abercromby Square | 2008 | Tom Murphy | Plaque | Slate | | | | |
| More images | Victoria Cross recipients | Abercromby Square | 2008 | Tom Murphy | Sculpture group | Bronze | | | | |
| More images | Christmas truce 1914 | Church of St Luke, Liverpool | 2014 | Andy Edwards | Sculpture group | fibreglass | | | | |

## Business and inventors

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata |
| More images | George Stephenson | Interior of St. George's Hall | 1851 | John Gibson | Statue | Marble | | |
| More images | William Mackenzie | St Andrew's Church, Rodney Street | 1868 | | Pyramid | Granite | Grade II | Q93227470 |
| | Henry Booth | Northern entrance to St. George's Hall | 1874 | William Theed | Statue | Marble | | |
| More images | André Le Nôtre | The Palm House, Sefton Park | 1899 | Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud | Statue | Marble | | |
| More images | John and Cecil Moores | Church Street | 1996 | Tom Murphy | Two statues | Bronze | | |
| More images | John Moores | Courtyard of Avril Roberts Library, Tithebarn Street | 1998 | Tom Murphy | Statue on plinth | Bronze | | |

## Sports

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material |
| More images | Bill Shankly | Liverpool Football Club | 1997 | Tom Murphy | Statue | Bronze |
| More images | Dixie Dean | Everton Football Club | 2001 | Tom Murphy | Statue | Bronze |
| More images | John Hulley | Coburg Wharf | 2019 | Tom Murphy | Statue | Bronze |

## Artists and entertainers

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | Michelangelo | Outside of Walker Art Gallery | 1877 | John Warrington Wood | Statue | Marble | | | Statue is badly weathered |
| More images | Raphael | Outside of Walker Art Gallery | 1877 | John Warrington Wood | Statue | Marble | | | Statue is badly weathered |
| More images | Four lads who shook the world | Mathew Street | 1974 | Arthur Dooley | Wall-mounted statue | Metal | | | |
| More images | John Lennon | Liverpool John Lennon Airport | 2002 | Tom Murphy | Statue | Bronze | | | |
| More images | Billy Fury | Albert Dock | 2003 | Tom Murphy | Statue | Bronze | | | |
| More images | Ken Dodd | Lime Street Station | 2009 | Tom Murphy | Statue | Bronze | | | |
| More images | John Lennon | Mathew Street | 1996 | David Webster | Statue | Bronze | | | |
| More images | The Beatles | Pier Head | 2015 | Andy Edwards | Statue group | Bronze | 1.5 x life-size | Q113698986 | Cast at Castle Fine Art Foundry, |
| More images | Cilla Black | Mathew Street | 2017 | Andy Edwards | Statue | Bronze | | | |

## Religious figures

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Notes |
| | Kneeling Madonna | Inside the Anglican Cathedral | 15th century | Giovanni della Robbia | Statue | Wood | |
| | Holy Family | Inside the Anglican Cathedral | 2009 | Josefina de Vasconcellos | Statue | Marble | |
| | Christ on a Donkey | Previously outside the Sailors' Church, Pier Head | 1972 | Brian Burgess | Equestrian statue | Fibreglass and metal | This work suffered damage and its whereabouts are currently unknown, presumed lost |
| | Our Lady of the Quays | Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool, "The Sailors Church", Pier Head | | Arthur Dooley | Statue | Bronze | |
| | Abraham | Inside Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral | 1991 | Sean Rice | Statue | Bronze | |
| More images | The Risen Christ | Above the North Door, Anglican Cathedral | 1993 | Elisabeth Frink | Statue | Bronze | |
| | Christ Risen | Inside the Metropolitan Cathedral | | Arthur Dooley | Statue | Bronze | |
| | Madonna | Inside the Gustav Adolf Church | | Arthur Dooley | Statue | Bronze | |
| | Christ | Inside the Gustav Adolf Church | | Arthur Dooley | Statue | Bronze | |

## Explorers and geographers

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation |
| More images | Henry the Navigator | Sefton Park | 1898 | Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud | Statue on pedestal | Bronze | |
| More images | Gerardus Mercator | Sefton Park | 1898 | Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud | Statue on pedestal | Bronze | |
| More images | Christopher Columbus | Sefton Park | 1898 | Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud | Statue on pedestal | Bronze | |
| More images | Captain Cook | Sefton Park | 1898 | Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud | Statue on pedestal | Bronze | |
| | Speed Amy Johnson | George's Dock ventilation and control station, Pier Head | 1934 | Edmund Thompson | Relief sculpture | Portland stone | Grade II |

## Educationists, scientists and philosophers

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | Charles Darwin | Sefton Park | 1898 | Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud | Statue on pedestal | Marble | | | |
| More images | John Parkinson | Sefton Park | 1899 | Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud | Statue on pedestal | Marble | | | |
| More images | Carl Linnaeus | Sefton Park | 1899 | Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud | Statue on pedestal | Marble | | | |
| More images | Sir Oliver Lodge | Base of the Victoria Monument in Derby Square. | 1906 | C. J. Allen | Statue group | Bronze | | | |
| More images | Florence Nightingale | Princes Road, Liverpool | 1913 | C. J. Allen | Relief with panels & surround | Stone | Grade II | Q26647476 | Architects;- Edward Willink & Philip Coldwell Thicknesse |
| More images | Jung | Mathew Street | 1993 | Jonathon Drabkin | Bust | Bronze | | | Replaced an earlier version |
| More images | Henry Egerton Cotton | John Moores University, Trueman Street | 1998 | Tom Murphy | Statue | Bronze | | | |
| | Jeremiah Horrocks | Pier Head | 2011 | Andy Plant | Sculpture | | | | |

## Philanthropists and clergy

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | William Roscoe | Inside St. George's Hall | 1841 | Francis Chantrey | Statue | Marble | | | | |
| More images | Jonathan Brooks | Inside St. George's Hall | 1858 | Benjamin Edward Spence | Statue | Marble | | | Q114930826 | |
| More images | Sir William Brown | Inside St. George's Hall | 1860 | Patrick MacDowell | Statue | Marble | | | | |
| | Agnes Jones | Inside The Oratory | 1868 | Pietro Tenerani | Statue | Marble | | | | |
| More images | Joseph Mayer | Inside St. George's Hall | 1869 | Giovanni Fontana | Statue | Marble | | | | |
| More images | Hugh Boyd M‘Neile | Inside St. George's Hall | 1870 | George Gamon Adams | Statue | Marble | | | Q114933060 | |
| More images | William Rathbone V | Sefton Park | 1877 | John Henry Foley and Thomas Brock | Statue on pedestal with plaques | Portland stone & bronze | | Grade II | Q26333129 | Statue by Foley, pedestal by Brock |
| More images | Alexander Balfour | St John's Gardens | 1889 | Albert Bruce Joy | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | | Grade II | Q26504972 | |
| More images | William Rathbone VI | St John's Gardens | 1899 | George Frampton | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | | Grade II | Q26333151 | |
| More images | James Nugent | St John's Gardens | 1906 | F. W. Pomeroy | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | | Grade II | Q26504982 | |
| More images | Canon Thomas Major Lester | St John's Gardens | 1907 | George Frampton | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | | Grade II | Q26504975 | |
| More images | Derek Worlock part of the Sheppard-Worlock Statue | Hope Street | 2008 | Stephen Broadbent | Relief sculpture | Bronze | 4.5m high | | Q7494526 | |
| More images | David Sheppard part of the Sheppard-Worlock Statue | Hope Street | 2008 | Stephen Broadbent | Relief sculpture | Bronze | 4.5m high | | Q7494526 | |
| More images | Kitty Wilkinson | Inside St. George's Hall | 2012 | Simon Smith | Statue | Marble | | | Q114932716 | First new statue in St. George's Hall in over 100 years and the first depicting a woman. |

## Fictional, poetical and allegorical characters

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | Minerva | Above Liverpool Town Hall | 1802 | John Charles Felix Rossi | Statue | Marble | | | | Figure may represent Britannia |
| More images | Highland Mary | Inside the Palm House, Sefton Park | 1850 | Benjamin Spence | Statue on pedestal | Marble | | | | |
| More images | The Angel's Whisper | Inside the Palm House, Sefton Park | 1857 | Benjamin Spence | Statue | Marble | | | | |
| More images | Spirit of Liverpool | Roof of Walker Art Gallery | 1877 | John Warrington Wood | Statue | Marble | | | | Original was removed in 1993 to the National Conservation Centre, and a copy made from Chinese marble |
| More images | Neptune, Amphitrite, Acis and Galatea | Steble Fountain outside St. George's Hall | 1879 | Michel Joseph Napoléon Liénard | Sculptural group in fountain | Bronze | | Grade II* | Q7605557 | |
| More images | Justice and Truth | Gladstone memorial in St. John's Gardens | 1904 | Thomas Brock | Statues on base of monument | Bronze | | Grade II | Q26333153 | |
| More images | Britannia | The King's Regiment memorial in St John's Gardens | 1905 | Goscombe John | | Bronze | | Grade II | Q26333154 | |
| More images | Navigation, Commerce and The River Mersey, (shown). | Inside and outside the Cotton Exchange, Old Hall Street | 1906 | William Birnie Rhind & E. O. Griffith | 3 Sculptures | Portland stone | | | | Badly weathered, these colossal sculptures originally adorned the roof |
| More images | Justice, Wisdom, Charity, Peace, Education, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fame | Queen Victoria Monument, Derby Square | 1906 | C. J. Allen | 26 statues & sculptural groups | Bronze | | Grade II | Q7926878 | |
| More images | Liver Birds | Towers of the Royal Liver Building | 1911 | Carl Bernard Bartels | Two statues | Bronze | | | | |
| More images | Liverpool, Research and The Fruits of Industry | Alfred Lewis Jones Memorial, Pier Head | 1913 | George Frampton | 3 statues on base of monument | Bronze | | Grade II | Q26320985 | |
| More images | Victory | Cunard War Memorial, Pier Head | 1921 | Henry Alfred Pegram | Statue on column | Copper | | Grade II | Q26304089 | |
| More images | Peter Pan | Sefton Park | 1928 | George Frampton | Statue | Bronze | | Grade II | Q26315882 | |
| More images | Eros | Sefton Park | 1932 | Alfred Gilbert | Statue & fountain | Aluminium | | Grade II | Q26315880 | A modern copy; the original bronze is on display at the Conservation Centre |
| More images | Night & Day | George's Dock ventilation and control station, George's Dock Way | 1934 | Edmund Thompson | Sculpture reliefs | Black basalt | | Grade II | Q26482399 | |
| More images | Liverpool Resurgent | Former Lewis's department store, Ranelagh Street | 1956 | Jacob Epstein | Statue | Bronze | 5.4m tall | Grade II | Q42852357 | |
| More images | Untitled - Childhood scenes | Former Lewis's department store, Ranelagh Street | 1956 | Jacob Epstein | 3 Relief panels | Ciment fondu | | Grade II | | |
| More images | Eleanor Rigby | Stanley Street | 1982 | Tommy Steele | Statue | Bronze | | | Q16834884 | |
| More images | Mother and Child | Liverpool Women's Hospital, Crown Street | 1999 | Terry McDonald | Statue | Bronze | | | | |
| More images | Superlambanana | Tithebarn Street | 1998 | Taro Chiezo and local artists | Statue | Concrete and fibreglass | | | | Numerous replicas are dotted throughout the city |
| More images | Legacy Sculpture | Albert Dock | 2001 | Mark DeGraffenried | Statue group | Bronze | | | | |

## Animals

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata |
| More images | Goat & Kid | Inside the Palm House, Sefton Park | c.1867 | Giovita Lombardi | Statue | Marble | | |
| More images | Four Recumbent Lions | Outside St. George's Hall, St George's Plateau | 1855 | William Grinsell Nicholl | 4 Sculptures | Stone | Grade II | Q26333145 |
| | Red Rum | Aintree Racecourse | 1987 | Philip Blacker | Equine sculpture | Bronze | | |
| | Temple lions or fu-dogs (3 pairs) | Berry, Nelson & Great George Streets, Chinatown | 2000 | Mr. Zhang of Shanghai | Sculpture | Bronze | | |
| More images | The Great Escape | Canning Place, next to Merseyside Police Headquarters | 2000 | Edward Cronshaw | Group sculpture | Bronze | | |
| | The Roman Standard | Outside The Oratory | 2005 | Tracey Emin | Sculpture of a bird on a staff | Bronze | | |
| More images | Liverpool Carters Working Horse monument | Outside of Museum of Liverpool | 2010 | Judy Boyt | Equine sculpture | | | |

## Abstract sculpture

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Wikidata | Notes |
| | The Quickening | Rear of Civic Design Building, Liverpool University | 1951 | Mitzi Cunliffe | Sculpture | Portland stone | | |
| | Three Uprights | University Extension, Chatham Street | 1959 | Hubert Dalwood | Sculpture | Aluminium | | |
| | Seven Seas | Pier Head | 1966 | Stanley English | Sculpture | Metal | | |
| More images | Squares with Two Circles | Abercromby Square | 1969 | Barbara Hepworth | Sculpture | Bronze and concrete | | |
| | Cormorants Diving | Inside the Atlantic Tower Hotel | 1972 | Sean Rice | Statue | Metal | | |
| | Seagulls Rising | Courtyard of the Atlantic Tower Hotel | 1972 | Sean Rice | Statue | Metal | | |
| More images | Red Between | Quadrangle of the Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool University | 1973 | Phillip King | Sculpture | Painted metal | | |
| More images | Palanzana | Byrom Street | 1984 | Stephen Cox | Sculpture | Stone | | |
| More images | Tango | Concert Square | 1984 | Allen Jones | Sculpture | Metal | | |
| More images | Sea Circle | Seymour Street | 1984 | Charlotte Mayer | Statue | Bronze | | |
| More images | Raleigh | Outside the Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock | 1986 | Tony Cragg | Statue | Stone and metal | | |
| More images | Reconciliation | Concert Street | 1990 | Stephen Broadbent | Statue | Metal | | |
| More images | Ray + Julie | London Road | 1995 | Alan Dunn and Brigitte Jurack | Two part sculpture | Metal | | |
| More images | A Case History | Hope Street | 1998 | John King | Sculpture | Stone | | |
| More images | The Seed | Campbell Street | 2002 | Stephen Broadbent | Sculpture | Metal | | |
| | Connections | Outside Beetham Tower, Old Hall Street | 2004 | Stephen Broadbent | Sculpture | Steel, concrete, timber, glass | | |
| More images | Penelope | Wolstenholme Square | 2006 | Jorge Pardo | Statue | Metal | | |
| | Skyline | New Quay | 2007 | Oliver Barratt | Sculpture | Metal | | |
| More images | Turning the Place Over | Moorfields | 2007 | Richard Wilson | Mobile ovoid segment of a disused building | Stone, iron & glass | | |
| More images | Peace & Harmony, the John Lennon Peace Monument | Kings Dock | 2010 | Lauren Voiers | Sculpture | Metal and glass | Q6244561 | |
| | Irish Famine Memorial | St Luke's Gardens, Leece Street | 1998 | Eamonn O'Docherty | Sculpture | Granite and bronze | | Funded by public subscription |
| | Liverpool Plinth | Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool | | Various | Sculpture | | | Annual competition |