Jane Liechty Photography

Statues of Westminster

Statues of Westminster asks what stories a nation chooses to remember, and why. Westminster is the seat of England’s government and is densely packed with statues, reliefs, tombs, and plaques — of statesmen and politicians, monarchs and royalty, military men and champions of causes, elevated in history and in fact. As with Cambridge, photographs and essays will work side by side.

Statue of Robert Clive, Clive of India, at the top of the Clive Steps on King Charles Street, London
Clive of India, King Charles Street
Statues of the ten Twentieth-Century Martyrs above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey, London
Twentieth-Century Martyrs, Great West Door, Westminster Abbey
Royal Artillery Memorial, Hyde Park Corner, London
Royal Artillery Memorial, Hyde Park Corner
Lion statue at St Stephen’s Chapel, Palace of Westminster, London
Lion, St Stephen’s Chapel, Palace of Westminster
Boadicea and Her Daughters bronze statue at Westminster Pier, London
Boadicea and Her Daughters, Westminster Pier
Bust of King Charles I at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London
King Charles I bust, St Margaret’s Church
Bronze Gurkha Soldier statue in front of the Old War Office building, Whitehall, London
Gurkha Soldier, Old War Office, Whitehall
Statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London
Winston Churchill, Parliament Square
Statue of Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, on Whitehall, London
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, Whitehall
Rodin’s bronze The Burghers of Calais in Victoria Tower Gardens, with the Palace of Westminster behind, London
The Burghers of Calais, Victoria Tower Gardens
Bronze Imperial Camel Corps Memorial, a soldier mounted on a camel, in Victoria Embankment Gardens, London
Imperial Camel Corps Memorial, Victoria Embankment Gardens
Silver and red City of London boundary dragon on Victoria Embankment, marking the edge of Westminster
City Boundary Dragon, Victoria Embankment
Thomas Heatherwick’s folded stainless-steel Paternoster Vents, known as Angel Wings, in Paternoster Square, London
Paternoster Vents (“Angel Wings”), Paternoster Square
Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London
Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square
Pedestal of the equestrian statue of King Charles I at Charing Cross, Trafalgar Square, London
Charles I statue plinth, Charing Cross
Queen Victoria on the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace, London
Victoria Memorial, Buckingham Palace
Stainless-steel pillars of the 7 July Memorial in Hyde Park, London
7 July Memorial, Hyde Park
Bronze Monument to the Women of World War II, with empty uniforms and work clothes hanging on pegs, Whitehall, London
The Women of World War II, Whitehall
Bronze statue of George Washington outside the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
George Washington, Trafalgar Square
Statue of Queen Anne in front of St Paul’s Cathedral, London
Queen Anne, St Paul’s Cathedral
Nelson’s Column rising into a blue sky, Trafalgar Square, London
Nelson’s Column