List of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Timepiece (1973) by Wendy Taylor , with Tower Bridge in the background
This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets .
Map of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Bethnal Green
Bromley-by-Bow
Isle of Dogs
Canary Wharf
Limehouse
Mile End and Bow
Poplar and Blackwall
St Katharine Docks
Shadwell
Spitalfields
Tower Hill
Victoria Park and Hackney Wick
Wapping
Whitechapel and Stepney
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Designation
Notes
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Drinking fountain
White Church Lane
1860
?
Drinking fountain
Grade II
Relocated from the Whitechapel Road . Inscribed "from one unknown yet well known", perhaps referring to William Weldon Champneys .[95]
Shepherd Boy Fountain
Albert Gardens, Stepney 51°30′47″N 0°02′50″W / 51.5131°N 0.0472°W / 51.5131; -0.0472 (Shepherd Boy Fountain )
1903
?
Drinking fountain with statue
Grade II
The figure is holding a sickle and leaning against a sheaf of corn, so is actually a harvester rather than a shepherd. Made in Paris by the Fonderies d'art du Val D'Orne.[96]
Statue of Alexandra of Denmark
Whitechapel Road, behind the Royal London Hospital
1908
George Edward Wade
Statue
Grade II
[97]
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Edward VII Memorial Drinking Fountain
Mile End Road
1911
William Silver Frith
Drinking fountain with sculpture
Grade II
[98]
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Stepney War Memorial
St Dunstan's churchyard 51°31′00″N 0°02′32″W / 51.5168°N 0.0423°W / 51.5168; -0.0423 (Stepney War Memorial )
after 1918
?
Celtic cross
Grade II
[99]
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St George in the East War Memorial
St George's Gardens (former churchyard of St George in the East ) 51°30′37″N 0°03′34″W / 51.5103°N 0.0595°W / 51.5103; -0.0595 (St George in the East War Memorial )
1924
Joseph Clayton
Obelisk
Grade II
Unveiled 15 November 1924.[100]
Bust of William Booth
Mile End Road
1927
George Edward Wade
Bust
[101]
Cable Street Mural Battle of Cable Street
St George's Town Hall 51°30′40″N 0°03′31″W / 51.5110°N 0.0586°W / 51.5110; -0.0586 (Cable Street Mural )
1976–1983
Desmond Rochfort , Dave Binnington, Paul Butler and Ray Walker
Mural
[102]
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Statue of William Booth
Mile End Road
1979 (casting)
George Edward Wade
Statue
[103]
Les Naï[a]des
45 Whitechapel Road
1985
Ivor Abrahams
Sculpture
—
[103]
Gateway archAltab Ali
Entrance to Altab Ali Park
1989
David Petersen
[104]
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Spitalfields Column
Middlesex Street
1995
Richard Perry
Sculpture
—
[103]
Ram and Magpie
Allen Gardens Playground, Buxton Street
1996
Paula Haughney
Sculpture
—
[103]
Platform artworks
Whitechapel station
1997
Doug Patterson
Murals
—
[105]
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Shaheed Minar (Martyrs' Monument)
Altab Ali Park, on the corner of Whitechapel Road and White Church Lane
1999
After Hamidur Rahman
Sculpture
—
Unveiled 17 February 1999 by Humayun Rashid Choudhury . A smaller replica of the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka , Bangladesh.[104]
Erasmus Weathervane
Whitechapel Gallery
2007
Rodney Graham
Weathervane
[106] [107]
The Lady
Whitechurch Passage 51°30′57″N 0°04′09″W / 51.5159°N 0.0693°W / 51.5159; -0.0693 (The Lady )
2012
"Chinagirl Tile"
Ceramic relief
—
[108] [109]
Statue of Catherine Booth
Mile End Road
2015
After George Edward Wade
Statue
—
Unveiled 2 July 2015.[110]
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The Goodman's Fields Horses
Goodman's Fields Piazza
2015
Hamish Mackie
Sculptures, some set in a fountain
—
Winner of the PMSA 's Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Fountains.[111]
Bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sidney Street 51°31′08″N 0°03′20″W / 51.5189°N 0.0555°W / 51.5189; -0.0555 (Bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman )
2016
?
Bust
—
[112]
A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel
Whitechapel station
2018
Chantal Joffe
Aluminium panels
—
A series of 2m-tall panels in laser-cut aluminium depicting members of the local community, enlarged from paper collages. A homage to Seurat 's Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte (1884).[113]
See also
References
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^ 'Leap', Jamestown Harbour, Isle of Dogs, London . Henry Moore Institute. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
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^ SCULPTURE IN THE WORKPLACE
^ Giles Penny: Two Men on a Bench . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
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^ Konstantin Grcic: Six Public Clocks . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 18 April 2015 .
^ Jay Battle: Vanishing Point . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
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^ a b Nigel Ross: Cross Way / Arbor . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 17 June 2015 .
^ Eilis O'Connell: Sacrificial Anode . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
^ Do König Vassilakis: Sasso Cosmico . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
^ Robert Worley: Avatar . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 17 June 2015 .
^ Charles Hadcock: Torsion II . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
^ Drawing Cube (Blue) . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
^ a b Oliver Barratt: Turning Point & Opening Lines . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 17 March 2023 .
^ A Beautiful Sunset Mistaken for a Dawn . Art UK. Retrieved 18 June 2022 .
^ Tantra Sintra: A Beautiful Sunset Mistaken for a Dawn . Canary Wharf Group. Retrieved 18 June 2022 .
^ Helaine Blumenfeld OBE: Fortuna . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 25 February 2024 .
^ Richard Hudson: The Knot . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 17 March 2023 .
^ Michal Rover: Transitions . Canary Wharf Group. Retrieved 18 June 2022 .
^ Helaine Blumenfeld OBE: Metamorphosis . Canary Wharf. Retrieved 17 March 2023 .
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^ Camille Walala: Captivated By Colour . Canary Wharf Group. Retrieved 18 June 2022 .
^ Brown, Matt (29 June 2023). "Canary Wharf Gets A New Rainbow Wrap" . Londonist . Retrieved 28 July 2023 .
^ "New to the Wharf: Explore our newer artworks" . Canary Wharf . Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024 .
^ "Limehouse" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 5 November 2021 .
^ "Ratcliff Memorial Cross" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "archive" . Jane Ackroyd British Sculptor . Retrieved 13 April 2022 .
^ a b "Regeneration and the Arts in London Docklands" . London Docklands Development Corporation . March 1998. Retrieved 6 April 2022 .
^ "Another Time XVI, 2012" . antonygormley.com . Retrieved 12 April 2022 .
^ Brooke, Mike (21 May 2013). "Old Father Thames walks on water by Ian McKellen's Limehouse pub" . East London Advertiser . Retrieved 12 April 2022 .
^ "Edward VII" . National Recording Project . Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016 .
^ "Bryant & May Ltd Employees Cross" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 7 November 2021 .
^ "Clement Attlee" . National Recording Project . Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2015 .
^ Matthews 2018 , p. 247
^ Lord Mandelson joins Lord Hennessy to unveil Clement Attlee statue . Queen Mary, University of London. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2015 .
^ Knowledge . Art UK. Retrieved 7 May 2020 .
^ "Leona Matuszczak" . Tower Hamlets . Retrieved 5 July 2022 .
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^ "Ledley King on the Bench" . Laser Process Ltd . 17 August 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2021 .
^ Elephant in the Room . Art UK. Retrieved 7 May 2020 .
^ Tanatarova, Elmira (25 September 2017). "New mental health statues installed on campus" . The Print . Retrieved 6 August 2020 .
^ Hobhouse, Hermione, ed. (1994). "The Lansbury Estate: Gazetteer of permanent developments" . Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs . London: British History Online. pp. 223–239. Retrieved 30 May 2022 .
^ "Figure" . VADS . University for the Creative Arts. Retrieved 30 May 2022 .
^ a b c d "Poplar's Free Art & History" . Exploring East London . Retrieved 14 November 2010 .
^ "Bombed School Memorial" . National Recording Project . Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015 .
^ Matthews 2018 , pp. 243–244
^ "St Michael And All Angels Parishioners" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 4 November 2021 .
^ Poplar Rates Rebellion Mural . Art UK. Retrieved 17 February 2024 .
^ "Teddy Baldock" . The Sporting Statues Project . Retrieved 26 December 2019 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k "St Katharine's Dock" . Exploring East London . Retrieved 27 August 2014 .
^ Sarah McMenemy is part of the wonderful Poster Girl Exhibit at the London Transport Museum . The Artworks. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2023 .
^ "Spitalfields Neighbourhood Plan 2020–2035" (PDF) . Spitalfields Neighbourhood Planning Forum. October 2020. p. 99. Retrieved 15 February 2024 .
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^ Nicholas, Dean (20 January 2011). "In Pictures: I Goat, A New Sculpture for Spitalfields" . Londonist . Retrieved 29 December 2021 .
^ Wooden Boat with Seven People . Art UK. Retrieved 29 December 2021 .
^ "Brick Lane Mural 'The Land is Calling' " . Art of Mohammed Ali . 24 March 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2024 .
^ "The King and The Queen Consort visit East London" . royal.uk . 1 March 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024 .
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^ Historic England. "Hackney Wick Great War Memorial (1431659)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
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Bibliography
Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments . Oxford: Shire Publications.
Ward-Jackson, Philip (2003). Public Sculpture of the City of London . Public Sculpture of Britain. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
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