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Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London
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NOTES: Nelson's Column was designed by William Railton and completed in 1843 while the statue was executed by Edward Hodges Baily.
Frontispiece of the 'Vedute di Roma' with statue of Minerva
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SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 2
Piazza del Quirinale and the statues of the Dioscuri and their horses, Rome
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SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 15 NOTES: The statues in the foreground are of Castor and Pollux and their horses. These are Roman copies of Greek originals of the 5th century BC found in the Baths of Constantine and placed here in the late 1580s. They were once known as the Horse-tamers and the square was named Monte Cavallo after them.
Parkleys, Ham Common, Richmond upon Thames, London: side elevation of maisonette and shop block at the entrance to the estate with a sculpture by Keith Godwin
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NOTES: This is a Span development.
British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London: the Court of Honour with the World War II memorial in the foreground
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NOTES: The BMA building was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, completed in 1925. The World War II memorial, completed in 1952, was designed by Stephen Rowland Pierce and the four statues Sacrifice, Cure, Prevention and Aspiration were sculpted by James A Woodford.
Artisan dwellings, Reginald Street, Dublin
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NOTES: This housing for the Dublin Artisan Dwellings Co. was begun in 1880 to the designs of Thomas Drew. The statue at the intersection under its cast iron canopy is of the Sacred Heart.
