List of public art in the City of London
Title / subject Location and coordinates Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation
Drinking fountain Aldersgate Street 51°31′01″N 0°05′49″W / 51.5169°N 0.0970°W / 51.5169 ; -0.0970 ( Drinking fountain ) 1870 ? N/A Drinking fountain Grade II
Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice Postman 's Park 51°31′01″N 0°05′52″W / 51.516876°N 0.097875°W / 51.516876 ; -0.097875 ( Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice ) 1900 George Frederic Watts and T. H. Wren ( central statuette of Watts , pictured ) N/A Memorial Grade II
The Gold Smelters Aldersgate Street 1901 John Daymond and Son N/A Relief sculpture N/A
John Wesley Conversion Place Memorial Nettleton Court , London Wall 1981 Martin Ludlow N/A Sculpture N/A
Dolphin Fountain Ben Jonson Place , Barbican Estate 1989-1990 John Ravera N/A Fountain with sculpture N/A
Union ( Horse with Two Discs ) London Wall , outside the Museum of London 1999-2000 Christopher Le Brun N/A Sculpture N/A
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This is a list of public art in the City of London, including statues, busts, commemorative plaques and other memorials. The City of London is the historic nucleus of London as well as its modern financial centre. The City of London Corporation, its municipal governing body, states that around almost every corner in the City you will find an unusual piece of public art or a commemoration of the City's great history. This article lists the various works by the general geographical area in which they are located. In the 19th century, sculpture was incorporated into major engineering schemes such as the Victoria Embankment and the Holborn Viaduct. Entrances to the City are marked by statues of dragon (sometimes mistakenly called griffins) bearing the City's shield. The earliest and most elaborate of these is the Victorian marker at Temple Bar, which replaced a gate to the City. Since 2010, the City has hosted an annual exhibition of public sculpture, called Sculpture in the City.