Erection date: 1877
{On the front, and repeated on the back, of the plinth:}
Peel, 1788 - 1850
{On the left base of the statue:}
M. Noble, Sc. London 1878
{On the right base of the statue:}
Cox & Sons, Art Founders
The Victorian Web's entry on this statue focuses on the tightness of Peel's trousers.
SW1, Parliament Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Robert Peel statue
MP and Prime Minister in the 1830s and 40s. Reorganised the London police for...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Robert Peel statue
Sculptor. Born Yorkshire. If the National Portrait Gallery collection is anyt...
Created by artist John Reardon, in homage to the Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch, although It appears to be a sulphur-crested cockato...
In Kensington Gore façade, on right of picture. The unveiling ceremony is detailed here (thanks to Jamie Davis for the link).
The south side is the most weathered and sullied by traffic fumes which explains the poor condition of the marble statue of Queen Victori...
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
This statue was made in 1866 and erected in front of the War Office, then at Cumberland House, Pall Mall (now replaced with 89, the RAC b...
