Erection date: 1702
This is apparently the only statue of King Henry the VIII on public display in London It was erected in this new gatehouse in 1702 to acknowledge that in 1546 Henry granted St Bartholomew's to the City of London.
EC1, West Smithfield, St Bartholomew's Hospital
The two figures on the broken pediment represent lameness and sickness.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry VIII statue
Son of Henry VII. Born Born Greenwich Palace, as the spare, not the heir but ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Henry VIII statue
Sculptor. Born in the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Much admired in his ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Henry VIII statue
{The cornice above the arch reads:} St Bartholomew's Hospital, founded by Ra...
2018: Some discussion about the relocation of this statue. We've not been that way for a bit so we can't comment on the current whereabou...
The statue is lit at night and the shadow of the figure on the bronze disk photographs well.
11 June 2020, following Black Lives Matter demonstrations, a joint statement from King's College London, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Found...
In his right hand he holds an induction coil. The marble original of this statue was made in 1874 and is held by the Royal Institute. Thi...
This identification of the statues on front of this building is only tentative, suggested by Ornamental Passions.
