List of public art in Knightsbridge

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This is a list of public art in Knightsbridge, a district in the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London.

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City of Westminster

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| image = Stag, Albert Gate SW1.jpg

| subject = Stags

| location = Albert Gate

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5026|-0.1585|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM|name=Stags}}

| date = {{sort|1839|before 1839}}

| artist = {{sortname|Peter|Turnerelli}} {{small|after Francesco Bartolozzi}}

| architect = {{sortname|Thomas|Cubitt}}

| type = Statues on gateposts

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1278156 Grade II]}}

| notes = Formerly stood at the Piccadilly entrance to the Deputy Ranger's Lodge in Green Park; Cubitt acquired the stags prior to the building's demolition. The gates and stone piers are twentieth-century replacements for Cubitt's originals of 1844–1845.{{citation |mode=cs1 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45902 |title=Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court: Albert Gate |editor-first=John |editor-last=Greenacombe |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=2000 |work=Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge |access-date=9 August 2012}}

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| image = Fountain St Georges Hospital.jpg

| subject = Drinking fountain

| location = Outside The Lanesborough

| coordinates = {{coord|51.502072|-0.152524|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM|name=Drinking fountain}}

| date = 1860

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = Drinking fountain

| designation = {{sort|B|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1277491 Grade II*]}} (with old hospital building)

| notes = One of the earliest gifts of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association; the hotel building behind was originally St George's Hospital, which was felt to be a particularly appropriate location for a drinking fountain.{{NHLE|num=1277491|desc=St George's Hospital and Attached Drinking Fountain|access-date=20 November 2013|fewer-links=x}}

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| image = Household Cavalry at Hyde Park Barracks - geograph.org.uk - 2920168.jpg

| subject = Pediment sculpture

| location = Hyde Park Barracks, South Carriage Drive

| date = {{circa|1878–1880|sortable=yes}}

| artist = {{sortname|Thomas|Earp|dab=sculptor}}

| architect = {{sortname|T. H.|Wyatt}} (original setting); Basil Spence (current setting)

| type = Pediment sculpture

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Salvaged from the riding school of the Victorian Knightsbridge Barracks, which were demolished in 1965.{{sfn|Cavanagh|2023|p=444}}

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| image = 55-91 Knightsbridge (geograph 4769136).jpg

| subject = Busts
{{sma| Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener, Lord Salisbury and Archbishop Temple}}

| location = 55–91 Knightsbridge

| date = {{circa|1902–1903|sortable=yes}}

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{sortname|W. D.|Caröe}}

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1221608 Grade II]}}

| notes = The block was built on land belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by Caröe, their architect. The busts are in the pediments of the first-floor windows.{{sfn|Cavanagh|2023|pp=443–444}}

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| image = Triga by Franta Belsky, One Knightsbridge Green.jpg

| subject = Triga

| location = 1 Knightsbridge Green (formerly Caltex House)

| date = 1958

| artist = {{sortname|Franta|Belsky}}

| architect = Stone, Toms and Partners (1955–1957)
Hurley, Robertson and Associates (2001 refurbishment)

| type = Sculptural group

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = A reinforced concrete sculpture with metal coating, commemorating Tattersall's racehorse auction yard which formerly stood on this site.{{sfn|Cavanagh|2023|p=445}}{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.emporis.com/building/one-knightsbridge-green-london-united-kingdom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006153150/http://www.emporis.com/building/one-knightsbridge-green-london-united-kingdom|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 October 2013|title=One Knightsbridge Green|publisher=Emporis|access-date=30 September 2013}}

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| image = GOC London Public Art 2 114 – The Rush of Green.jpg

| subject = {{sort|Rush of Green|The Rush of Green or The Bowater House Group}}

| commonscat = Rush of Green

| location = Edinburgh Gate

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5024|-0.1623|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM|name=Rush of Green}}

| date = 1959

| artist = {{sortname|Jacob|Epstein}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = Sculptural group

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1431163 Grade II]}}

| notes = Unveiled April 1961. A mother, father, child and dog, driven by the sound of Pan's pipes, rush towards Hyde Park. Epstein was adding the finishing touches to the group on the night he died.{{citation |mode=cs1 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45903 |title=Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court: West of Albert Gate |editor-first=John |editor-last=Greenacombe |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=2000 |work=Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge |access-date=2 June 2012}}

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| subject = The Innocence of Childhood

| location = Raphael Street

| date = {{circa|1998|sortable=yes}}

| artist = {{sortname|Richard|Kindersley}}

| architect = Hurley, Robertson and Associates

| type = Brick relief

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Showing a child's-eye view of a busy street, the relief has been severely compromised by the insertion of a window and a door in the wall.{{sfn|Cavanagh|2023|pp=446–447}}

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| image = Hyde Park gate by Wendy Ramshaw.JPG

| subject = Hyde Park Gates

| location = Edinburgh Gate

| coordinates = {{coord|51.502344|-0.160529|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM|name=Hyde Park Gates}}

| date = 2010

| artist = {{sortname|Wendy|Ramshaw|nolink=yes}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = Gates

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Commissioned from the artist and jeweller as part of the One Hyde Park residential development.{{citation |mode=cs1 |url=http://www.inspiredmetal.co.uk/hyde-park-gates.htm |title=Hyde Park Gates |publisher=Inspired Metal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128133159/http://www.inspiredmetal.co.uk/hyde-park-gates.htm |archive-date=28 January 2012 |access-date=23 January 2015}}

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| image = Search for Enlightenment, One Hyde Park.JPG

| subject = Search for Enlightenment

| commonscat = Search for Enlightenment (One Hyde Park)

| location = One Hyde Park

| coordinates = {{coord|51.502427|-0.161364|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM|name=Search for Enlightenment}}

| date = 2011

| artist = {{sortname|Simon|Gudgeon}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = Sculptures

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Unveiled 19 January 2012 to mark the first anniversary of One Hyde Park.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.candyandcandy.com/#/2012/search-for-enlightenment-unveiled-at-one-hyde-park/|title=Search for Enlightenment unveiled at One Hyde Park|publisher=Candy & Candy|date=24 January 2012|access-date=7 June 2013}} The developers, Candy & Candy, had previously installed a cast of the work at Riverside Walk Gardens, Millbank, in 2011.

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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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| subject = Façade sculpture

| location = Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, south façade

| date = 1961

| artist = {{sortname|Elisabeth|Frink}}

| architect = {{sortname|Michael|Rosenhauer|nolink=yes}}

| type = Reliefs

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Eighteen curved, non-geometric shapes in copper set between three columns.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/CL/CLKC030.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803084711/http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/CL/CLKC030.htm |title=Four Season, Reliefs, Carlton Tower Hotel, Knightsbridge |publisher=Public Monuments and Sculpture Association |work=National Recording Project |archive-date=3 August 2011}} Variously titled Four Season or Bird Forms, this early work of Frink's dissatisfied her soon after its completion and she came to repudiate it.{{sfn|Cavanagh|2023|pp=2–3}}

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| subject = {{sort|Victims of the 1983 Harrod's bombing|Memorial to the victims of the 1983 Harrods bombing}}

| location = Harrods

| date = 1985

| artist = {{sort|Cook|George Cook}}

| architect =

| type = Stele and plaque

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = The memorial to the police officers killed erected by the Police Memorial Trust, that of the civilians killed by the borough council.{{sfn|Nolan|Starren|2012|loc=no. 38}}

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References

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Bibliography

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  • {{citation | mode = cs1

| last1 = Cavanagh | first1 = Terry

| year = 2023

| title = Public Sculpture of Kensington and Chelsea with Westminster South-West

| series = Public Sculpture of Britain

| volume = 22

| location = Watford

| publisher = Public Statues and Sculpture Association

| isbn = 978-1-8383976-2-3

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  • {{citation | mode = cs1

| last1 = Nolan | first1 = David

| last2 = Starren | first2 = Caroline

| year = 2012

| title = On Public View: A journey around the sculpture of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

| publisher = Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

| url = http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/leisureandlibraries/idoc.ashx?docid=39dde5f2-6482-4f01-a74f-ac6a00e36cbd&version=-1

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