91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Statue

V&A façade - Jones

Erection date: 1909

Inscription

Inigo Jones

Site: Victoria & Albert Museum façade (38 memorials)

SW7, Cromwell Road

Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and Cromwell Road. This building was designed by Aston Webb and built 1899-1909. Each statue has the subject's name on a label beneath the feet and the sculptor's name inscribed in the wall of the niche to the right of the statue. Starting in Cromwell Road and reading right to left:

Group of 6 British architects:
Chas. Barry
W. Chambers
Chrisr. Wren
Inigo Jones
John Thorpe
Wykeham

Group of 5 British painters:
J. E. Millais
Ld. Leighton
G. F. Watts
J. Constable
J. M. W. Turner

And flanking the entrance:
Queen Alexandra (to the right)
King Edward VII (to the left)

Albert (below the arch)
Victoria (in the arch)

On either side of the arch, at eye level there is a foundation stone:
Stone laid by Edward VII (to the right)
Stone laid by Victoria (to the left)

Group of 5 British painters:
R. Cosway
G. Romney
T. Gainsborough
J. Reynolds
W. Hogarth

Group of 6 British sculptors:
Alfred Stevens
John H. Foley
F. L. Chantrey
John Flaxman
John Bacon
Grinlg. Gibbons

And around the corner in Exhibition Road:

Group of 5 British craftsmen:
William Morris
Roger Payne
J. Wedgwood
T. Chippendale
Thos. Tompion

Group of 5 British craftsmen:
Huntingn. Shaw
George Heriot
William Caxton
William Torel
St. Dunstan

Note that there are more Johns than women but that's not difficult since, excluding royalty, there are no women!

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
V&A façade - Jones

Subjects commemorated i

Inigo Jones

Architect and stage designer. Born near Smithfield. Never married. He studied...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
V&A façade - Jones

Created by i

Oliver Wheatley

For some more of his work in London see the ever excellent Ornamental Passions.

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
V&A façade - Jones

Also at this site i

Nearby Memorials

George II statue in Golden Square

George II statue in Golden Square

W1, Golden Square

Erected here in 1753. Previously it was at Cannons, the Duke of Chandos's house. It is said to have been made in 1724 but that seems late...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Myddelton statue - N1

Myddelton statue - N1

N1, Islington Green

Myddelton holds a map of the New River in one hand and a spade in the other. Unveiled by Gladstone. The facial features of this memorial...

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators
Queen Victoria as Peace

Queen Victoria as Peace

N20, Barnet Lane, Friary Park

An information panel was erected in front of the statue by the Mayor of Barnet on 18 June 2016. It tells the story of the Park and the st...

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators
Mary Seacole steel statue

Mary Seacole steel statue

W2, St Mary's Terrrace

At the southern end of St Mary’s Terrace, beside the bike track, these statues are extremely difficult to photograph, Turing in particula...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Imperial Hotel - statue 07 - Mary Queen of Scots

Imperial Hotel - statue 07 - Mary Queen of Scots

WC1, Russell Square

The portrait of Mary Queen of Scots used on Antonia Fraser's book could have been a model for this portrait.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator