Erection date: 1789
Bronze statue erected in 1789 showing the king who had commissioned the rebuilding of Somerset House. The statue is awash with nautical allusions: the king rests against a rudder and has an antique prow at his feet, beneath which sits the river god with a cornucopia representing the Thames.
WC2, Strand, Somerset House Courtyard
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George III with the River god
Born in St James's Square (not the public garden, one of the houses, obviousl...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
George III with the River god
Awarded the first gold medal for sculpture by the Royal Academy in 1769. Othe...
The multi-part sculpture is called 'Dr Salter's Daydream' and shows the whole Salter family. The scene is poignant in that Joyce died at ...
This identification of the statues on front of this building is only tentative, suggested by Ornamental Passions.
The English text is preceded with a piece of text in a script we don't recognise and certainly can't type.
Created for the town square in Calais following France's devastating defeat in the Prussian War. Erected there in 1895. There are twelve...
Inside the gates at each entrance to the square there is a modern information board, erected when the square was renovated in 2003. Abou...
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