Sculptures not very famous in Great Britain

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Sculptures not very famous

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London – Marylebone – Allies
Bronze statues of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill sitting ‘talking’ together on a bench in Mayfair.This statue is called ‘Allies’ and was a gift from the Bond Street Association to the City of Westminster.
Photo author: Chris Talbot. Source: geograph.org.uk. Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]

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Joy of Life fountain, Hyde Park, Westminster, London.
This depicts a nude man and woman holding hands while appearing to dance above the water, with four nude bronze children emerging from the pool.

Author: Peter O’Connor aka anemoneprojectors. Source: flickr.com


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Northampton town centre

Photo author: Nicholas Mutton. Source: geograph.org.uk. Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]


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Roger Dean’s Sheep Sculpture
Roger Dean was artist in residence and created this sculpture of local farmers looking at some sheep.

Photo author:David Smith. Source: geograph.org.uk. Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]


 

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These are The Kelpies, 30 metre high stainless steel sculptures guarding a new extension to the Forth & Clyde Canal. You can find them in The Helix, a new park located between Grangemouth and Falkirk in Scotland.

Author: Beninjam200. Source: commons.wikimedia.org


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London, Hyde Park, Prince Albert Memorial
Monumental statue of Prince Albert.
Photo author: Alby. Source: geograph.org.uk. Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]

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Great War Memorial outside St Paul’s Church

Heaton Moor Great War Memorial, erected in 1921, stands outside the Parish Church of St Paul.

The memorial comprises of a bronze statue of soldier in battle dress carrying rifle on stone pedestal which includes the principal inscriptions and bronze panels recording the names of the dead. It is backed by semi-circular ashlar wall. The statue is by Manchester sculptor John Cassidy.

The inscription on the front reads:
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
HEATON CHAPEL
AND
HEATON MOOR
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN / THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919

and on the rear:
THEIR
NAME
LIVETH
FOR
EVERMORE

Photo author: David Dixon. Source: geograph.org.uk.
Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]






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