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The city's George Square contains a number of significant public statues and monuments.

Public statues in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, have been used to display the wealth and history of the city over centuries. The most prominent are those erected by the municipality or by public subscription, but others adorn the façades of the great commercial buildings.

Cathedral Square

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		William II of Scotland (William of Orange) Cathedral Square, Glasgow 1735 Unknown Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Category A Q17567391 Statue first erected at Glasgow Cross in 1735, at the expense of James Macrae, a Governor of Madras, and was moved to its present site in 1923.[1]

More images 		James Lumsden Cathedral Square, Glasgow 1862 John Mossman Statue on pedestal Bronze and pink granite Category B Q17811583 Lumsden was a stationer, local benefactor and Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1843 to 1846.[2]

More images 		David Livingstone Cathedral Square, Glasgow 1879 John Mossman Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17811564 Originally erected in George Square. Re-erected across from Provand's Lordship in 1959. Re-erected in current location in 1990.[3]

More images 		Rev Dr Norman Macleod Cathedral Square, Glasgow 1881 John Mossman Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17811590 Cast by Cox & Son.[4]

More images 		James White of Overtoun Cathedral Square, Glasgow 1890 John Mossman, completed by Francis Leslie Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17811577 White was a solicitor, businessman and chemicals manufacturer.[5]
James Arthur Cathedral Square, Glasgow 1893 George Anderson Lawson Statue on pedestal Bronze on granite Category B Q17811569 Arthur was a clothing manufacturer.[6]

Other figures portrayed include St Paul, St Peter and the Four Evangelists on the facade of the Barony North (Glasgow Evangelical) Church to the east of the square – 1878-80 by McCulloch of London.

The nearby Glasgow Necropolis is a "garden" cemetery opened in 1833, in imitation of Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, has a number of statues associated with the funerary monuments of the rich and famous buried there. Most of these are private or religious statues, but the hilltop location is dominated by a large monument to John Knox erected in 1825. It consists of a 12 ft high statue of Knox, designed by Robert Forrest, atop a high Doric column by Thomas Hamilton.

Charing Cross

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		Abstract mural (untitled) Bath Lane 1972 (circa) Keith McCarter Relief mural Concrete 260 × 2340cm Q115755300 19, 130cm wide pre-cast concrete blocks, made in conjunction with R. Seifert Company and Partnership[7]


Custom House Quay

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		La Pasionaria, Dolores Ibárruri Custom House Quay 1974-79 Arthur Dooley Statue on pedestal Iron and fibreglass Category B Commissioned by the International Brigade Association of Scotland.[8][9][10]

Elder Park

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		John Elder Elder Park 1888 Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17811104 [11]

More images 		Isabella Elder Elder Park 1906 Archibald McFarlane Shannan Seated statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category A Q17568709 Isabella Elder Statue [de] cast by JW Singer & Sons, stonework by DH & J Newall of Dalbeattie.[12]
HMS K13 Submariners memorial Elder Park 1922 Robert Gray Obelisk Granite [13]

George Square

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George Square is Glasgow's central public square and was laid out in 1782, with houses appearing between 1784 and 1820. Many of these later became hotels, especially after the opening of Queen Street Station. Only one of the original houses remains - the Millennium Hotel beside the station. The square is now a magnificent public space dominated by the City Chambers, the former Post Office building, ex-Bank of Scotland and the Merchant's House.

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		Sir John Moore George Square 1819 John Flaxman Statue on pedestal Bronze and Aberdeen granite Category A Q17567464 The Statue of Sir John Moore [de] was the first statue to be erected in George Square.[14]

More images 		James Watt George Square 1832 Francis Leggatt Chantrey Seated statue on pedestal Bronze and Devonshire granite Category A Q17567460 Statue of James Watt (Glasgow) [de][15]

More images 		Sir Walter Scott Memorial Column George Square 1837 John Greenshields (statue)
Alexander Handyside Ritchie (statue)
David Rhind (column) 		Statue on column and pedestal Sandstone Category A Q43374173 The Walter Scott Memorial Column [de] was the first ever statue to Sir Walter Scott.[16]

More images 		Queen Victoria George Square 1854 Carlo Marochetti Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category A Q17567473 The Equestrian statue of Victoria (Glasgow) [de] was the first equestrian statue of a woman in Britain.[17]

More images 		James Oswald George Square 1855 Carlo Marochetti Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17792900 [18]

More images 		Sir Robert Peel George Square 1859 John Mossman Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17792945 [19]

More images 		Albert, Prince Consort George Square 1866 Carlo Marochetti Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category A Q17567468 Equestrian statue of Albert, Prince Consort (Glasgow) [de][20]

More images 		Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde George Square 1867 John Henry Foley Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17792870 [21]

More images 		Thomas Graham George Square 1871 William Brodie Seated statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17792967 [22]

More images 		Robert Burns George Square 1877 George Edwin Ewing
James Alexander Ewing
James Alexander Ewing 		Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17792930 Cast by Cox and Son.[23][24]

More images 		Thomas Campbell George Square 1877 John Mossman Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17792852 [25]

More images 		William Ewart Gladstone George Square 1902 Hamo Thornycroft Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17792886 Originally erected in front of Glasgow City Chambers, it was relocated to the north side of George Square in 1923 to accommodate the Cenotaph.[26]

More images 		Glasgow War Memorial George Square 1924 Ernest Gillick (sculptor)
John James Burnet (architect) 		Cenotaph, surround, two statues of recumbent lions Bronze and Portland stone Category B Q17792838 [27][28]

Glasgow Harbour

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		The Rise Glasgow Harbour 2008 Andy Scott Sculpture Galvanised steel 6m high [29]

Gordon Street

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		Citizen Firefighter Gordon Street 2001 Kenny Hunter Statue Bronze Commissioned by the Strathclyde Fire Brigade, three months after it was unveiled (on 17 June 2001) the statue became a focal point for tributes to the firefighters who died in and after the September 11 attacks.[30]

Ingram Street

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
George Hutcheson Former Hutchesons' Hospital, Ingram Street 1649 James Colquhoun Statue in alcove Stone Category A [31]

Also on Ingram Street is the Italian Centre displaying rather classical looking modern statues by Alexander Stoddart. Inside the centre a distinctively modern man is rather amusingly struck by the same object of interest as his dog.

Kelvingrove Park

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		Stewart Memorial Fountain [de] Kelvingrove Park 1872 James Sellers (architect), John Mossman (sculptor). Fountain Sandstone, marble & granite Category A Q17576744 [32][33]

More images 		Saint Mungo as the Patron of Art and Music Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 1901 George Frampton Sculpture group Bronze Category A [34][35]

More images 		South African War Memorial Kelvingrove Park 1906 William Birnie Rhind Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Category B Q17811618 [36][33]

More images 		Lord Kelvin Kelvingrove Park 1913 Archibald Macfarlane Shannan Seated statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17799924 [37][33]

More images 		Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Kelvingrove Park 1916 Henry Poole after an original by Harry Bates Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Category A Q17576740 Roberts Memorial [de][38][39]
Thomas Carlyle Kelvingrove Park 1916 William Kellock Brown Sculpture Stone [33]

More images 		Cameronians War Memorial Kelvingrove Park 1924 Philip Lindsey Clark Statue group on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17806647 [40][41][9][33]
The Psalmist Honeyman Memorial Garden, Kelvingrove Park 1972 Benno Schotz Sculpture Bronze [33]

Partick Interchange

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
G.I. Bride Partick station 2011 Ranald MacColl Statue Bronze resin Bud Neill's G.I. Bride character from the Lobey Dosser series is depicted with her baby Ned, forever trying to thumb a lift from Calton Creek in Arizona back to Partick.[42]

Royal Exchange Square

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		Duke of Wellington monument Royal Exchange Square 1844 Carlo Marochetti Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and Peterhead granite Category A Q7981506 Capping the statue with a traffic cone has become a traditional practice in the city but due to minor damage to the statue and the potential for injury, the practice has been discouraged by Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Police.[43][44]

Springburn Park

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		Unicorn & column Springburn Park Late 19th century Sculpture on column Terracotta Category B Q17811040 [45]

More images 		James Reid (1823–1894) Springburn Park 1903 Goscombe John Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17811051 [46]

Victoria Park

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Partick & Whiteinch war memorial Victoria Park 1922 Francis William Doyle Jones Statue on obelisk Bronze and stone 8m tall Category C Q77782061 [47][48]

Woodlands Road

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		Lobey Dosser Woodlands Road 1992 Ranald MacColl (designer), Tony Morrow & Nick Gillion (sculptors) Statue Bronze Statue of cartoon characters created by Bud Neill. The statue depicts Lobey Dosser, the Sheriff of Calton Creek, taking in his handcuffed arch-enemy Rank Bajin, on his horse El Fideldo (Elfie) which only has two legs. Claimed to be the only two-legged equestrian statue in the world.[49]

Bibliography

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  • McKenzie, R., Sculpture in Glasgow:an illustrated handbook Glasgow The Foulis Archive Press 1999 ISBN 0-9537149-0-X.
  • Williamson, E., Riches, A., and Higgs, M., The Buildings of Scotland: Glasgow Penguin Books London 1990 ISBN 0-300-09674-7.

References

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  1. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cathedral Square, Statue of William III (Category A Listed Building) (LB32660)". Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cathedral Square, Statue of James Lumsden (Category B Listed Building) (LB32658)". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cathedral Square, Statue of David Livingstone (Category B Listed Building) (LB32655)". Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cathedral Square, Statue to Reverend Norman Macleod (Category B Listed Building) (LB32661)". Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cathedral Square, Statue of James White of Overtoun (Category B Listed Building) (LB32657)". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cathedral Square, Statue of James Arthur (Category B Listed Building) (LB32656)". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. ^ "McCarter, Keith, b.1936". Art UK. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  8. ^ "War Memorials Register: Glasgow - Spanish Civil War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. ^ a b Patricia R. Andrew (2014). Chism In Time Scottish War Art and Artists in the Twentieth Century. Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 978 1 78027 190 3.
  10. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Clyde Street, Statue of Delores Ibarruri, La Pasionaria (Category B Listed Building) (LB49920)". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  11. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Elder Park, Statue of John Elder (Category B Listed Building) (LB33305)". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  12. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Statue of Isabella Elder, Elder Park, Glasgow (Category A Listed Building) (LB33304)". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  13. ^ "War Memorials Register: HM Submarine K13". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  14. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, Sir John Moore Statue (Category A Listed Building) (LB32698)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  15. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, James Watt Statue (Category A Listed Building) (LB32697)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  16. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, Walter Scott Memorial Column (Category A Listed Building) (LB32696)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  17. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, Queen Victoria Statue (Category A Listed Building) (LB32702)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  18. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, James Oswald Statue (Category B Listed Building) (LB32699)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  19. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, Statue of Robert Peel (Category B Listed Building) (LB32704)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  20. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, Prince Albert Statue (Category A Listed Building) (LB32701)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  21. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, Field Marshall Lord Clyde Statue (Category B Listed Building) (LB32694)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  22. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square Thomas Graham Statue (Category B Listed Building) (LB32705)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  23. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, Robert Burns Statue (Category B Listed Building) (LB32703)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  24. ^ Rhona Taylor (22 January 2020). "Six Scottish Robert Burns statues". Art UK. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  25. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, Thomas Campbell Statue (Category B Listed Building) (LB32693)". Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  26. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, William Ewart Gladstone Statue (Category B Listed Building) (LB32695)". Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  27. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "George Square, The Cenotaph (Category B Listed Building) (LB32692)". Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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  30. ^ "Citizen Firefighter". Community Walk. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  31. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "158 Ingram Street, and 2 John Street, Hutcheson's Hospital (Category A Listed Building) (LB32744)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  32. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kelvingrove Park, Stewart Memorial Fountain (Category A Listed Building) (LB32213)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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  36. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kelvingrove Park, South African War Memorial (Category B Listed Building) (LB32212)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  37. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kelvingrove Park Monument to Lord Kelvin (Category B Listed Building) (LB32881)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  38. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kelvingrove Park, Roberts Memorial (Category A Listed Building) (LB32211)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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  43. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Queen Street Duke of Wellington Statue (Category A Listed Building) (LB32823)". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  44. ^ Stephanie Todd (16 February 2005). "Council in road cone statue plea". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  45. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Springburn Park, Column (Category B Listed Building) (LB33296)". Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  46. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Springburn Park, Staue of James Reid (Category B Listed Building) (LB33297)". Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  47. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Victoria Park, Partick and Whiteinch War Memorial (Category B Listed Building) (LB51739)". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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