page_title: Holborn Circus
section_title: Prince Albert statue
hierarchical_section_title: Holborn Circus / Prince Albert statue
caption_attribution_description: English: Removal of the Prince Albert statue from Holborn Circus, July 2013
context_page_description: Holborn Circus is a junction of five highways in the City of London, on the boundary between Holborn, Hatton Garden and Smithfield. It was designed by the engineer William Haywood and opened in 1867. The term circus describes the way the frontages of the buildings surrounding the junction curve round in a concave chamfer.
  Holborn Circus was described in Charles Dickens' Dictionary of London as "perhaps... the finest piece of street architecture in the City".
context_section_description: To the west of Holborn Circus there is an equestrian statue of Prince Albert by Charles Bacon (1874) which is the City of London's official monument to him. This bronze statue was originally sited in the middle of the circus and was moved in 2014 as part of improvement works to the junction.  
  The statue features the prince consort in a field marshal's uniform raising his hat. The sculpture sits on an oblong plinth displaying plaques of Britannia, Albert and bronze figures representing commerce and peace.
  It was presented by Charles Oppenheim, of the diamond trading company De Beers, whose headquarters is on nearby Charterhouse Street.
caption: Statue of Prince Albert being removed for renovation July 2013
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