ORNAMENTAL PASSIONS

Devoted to the unexpected details that help to make life in the city worth living

Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Hyde Park Corner W1

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The Apsley House screen was intended as a grand entrance to Hyde Park, aligned with the Constitution Arch through which royal processions...
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Sunday, 22 March 2015

Marble Arch W1

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Still Water is a 30ft high horse's head in bronze by horse sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green . It was installed in 2011 to replace a similar ...
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Saturday, 21 March 2015

Boy and Frog, Queen Mary's Gardens NW1

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The Boy and Frog is a delightful bronze by Sir William Reid Dick in 1936. It was donated to the park by rich artist Sigismund Goetze, who ...
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Triton Fountain, Queen Mary's Gardens NW1

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The Triton Fountain was made by William McMillan in 1950 to commemorate the artist and philanthropist Sigismund Goetze, who lived and work...
Friday, 13 March 2015

Pie Corner, Cock Lane EC1

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The Golden Boy of Pie Corner marks the point where the Great Fire of London of 1666 finally burnt out.  The fire started in Pudding Lane ...
Saturday, 28 February 2015

Cavalry Memorial, Serpentine Road, Hyde Park W2

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The Cavalry Memorial was erected in 1924 to honour the mounted soldier, a species of fighting man that had not only lost many thousands in...
Monday, 16 February 2015

Mermaid Fountain, Hyde Park W1

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The Mermaid Fountain is a copy in artificial stone of a work of some charm by William Robert Colton erected in about 1897. According to Sp...
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