Statues

NOTES: The statue of Eros was designed by Sir Arthur Gilbert and erected in 1893. Elizabeth ascended the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952 and was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953.

NOTES: Roger Lupton was provost of Eton College from 1503 to 1535, during which time he commissioned the new range. Built in 1517-1520, it comprised the provost's lodge, the Election Hall, and the embattled tower of the gatehouse.

NOTES: The German Pavilion was originally built for the International Exhibition 1929. It was rebuilt in 1986.

NOTES: This, the most ancient sanctuary in Pompeii, was constructed by the Samnites between 575 and 550 BC, although the current layout is from the 2nd century BC.

NOTES: The building was awarded the RIBA Bronze Medal London Architecture Award for 1958.

NOTES: The statue of Isaac Newton, erected in 1858, was sculpted by William Theed the Younger.

NOTES: Lutyens was responsible for the centrepiece of the fountain; Wheeler for the mermen; and Macmilan for the mermaids.

NOTES: Cleopatra's Needle was erected on the Embankment in 1878, however the bronze mountings and sphinxes were not in place until 1881. The sphinxes were enlarged copies of the sphinx at Alnwick Castle dating from the time of Thuthmose III.