Erection date: 1702
This is apparently the only statue of King Henry the VIII on public display in London It was erected in this new gatehouse in 1702 to acknowledge that in 1546 Henry granted St Bartholomew's to the City of London.
EC1, West Smithfield, St Bartholomew's Hospital
The two figures on the broken pediment represent lameness and sickness.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry VIII statue
Son of Henry VII. Born Born Greenwich Palace, as the spare, not the heir but ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Henry VIII statue
Sculptor. Born in the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Much admired in his ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Henry VIII statue
{The cornice above the arch reads:} St Bartholomew's Hospital, founded by Ra...
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The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
The sculptor has a page about this statue and its creation with some interesting photos.
The life-sized statue is a self-portrait by Atherton. Our photos do not show what we found most interesting about this statue: the reali...
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