Muses - Erato
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Mary Hutchinson as Erato the muse of lyric poetry. Note the owl behind her.
1 subject commemorated
Muses - Melpomene
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Greta Garbo, as Melpomene the muse of tragedy, raises a wreath in her left hand, and has a tragic mask near her right hand.
1 subject commemorated
Muses - Urania
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Maria Volkova as Urania the muse of astronomy.
1 subject commemorated
Muses - Thalia
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Lady Lesley Jowitt as Thalia the muse of comedy and bucolic poetry.
1 subject commemorated
Muses - Clio
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Virginia Woolf as Clio the muse of history, holding a quill pen.
1 subject commemorated
Muses - Bacchus
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Clive Bell as Bacchus, god of wine, parties, the theatre and general fun/mayhem. That long stick he's holding is a thyrsus - symbol of of...
1 subject commemorated
Muses - Terpsichore
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Lydia Lopokova, as Terpsichore the muse of dance and choral poetry, leaves a lyre resting against her side to hold a squirrel aloft.
1 subject commemorated
Muses - Euterpe
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Christabel, Lady Aberconway as Euterpe the muse of music.
1 subject commemorated
Muses - Apollo
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Osbert Sitwell as Apollo, god of music, dance and lots more, plays a pipe to awaken the muses.
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Myddelton House - London Bridge, or Waterloo Bridge
EN2, Bulls Cross, Myddelton House Gardens
Londonist have an old photo of these balusters showing the purpose of the horizontal grove in their sides. When first installed here the ...
2 subjects commemorated
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