Erection date: 1957
Note the bee on the wall below his feet. Bees are associated with Saint Ambrose who had a notable influence on Augustine. That's the only explanation that we have for the bee.
EC2, Austin Friars, Augustine House, 6a
On the side wall of Augustine House, next to the Dutch Church.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Augustine statue
Theologian and philosopher. Also known as Augustine of Hippo. Born in Thagast...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Augustine statue
Painter and sculptor. Born John Rattenbury Skeaping in South Woodford, Essex....
The statue represents Jones looking back at England, while the child is looking towards the New World. It was paid for by the 'Sons and D...
Unveiled by Andrew Motion, author of a Keats biography. The quotation comes from Keats’ epic poem "Fall of Hyperion. A Dream", 1819.
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
The quotation is from Lamb's essay on the old benchers of the Inner Temple.A 1775 statue was first erected here in 1928 but it was stolen...
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