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
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