A London Bestiary

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Boundary Dragon on Victoria Embankment. These silver beasts bearing the cross of St. George guard many of the main entrances to the City of London.
Boundary Dragon on Victoria Embankment. These silver...
Shark over entrance to Allingtron House, 150 Victoria Street, SW1. Designed by Barry Baldwin (1997).
Shark over entrance to Allingtron House, 150 Victoria...
Royal Air Force Memorial with the London Eye. Unveiled in 1923 to commemorate the casualties of the Royal Air Force in WW1 - and by extension to all subsequent conflicts. The eagle was designed by William Reid Dick
Royal Air Force Memorial with the London Eye. Unveiled in...
Statue of the Elephant and Castle, atop the old pub of the same name, Bondway, near Vauxhall tube Station.
Statue of the Elephant and Castle, atop the old pub of the...
The tomb of George Wombwell (1777-1850), famed for his Travelling Menagerie, guarded by his pet lion Nero, Highgate Cemetery, N6.
The tomb of George Wombwell (1777-1850), famed for his...
One of two bronze swans near Battersea Bridge, by Catherine Marr-Johnson, 1984.
One of two bronze swans near Battersea Bridge, by Catherine...
Keystone relief of pelican and her young (1932) at 8 Cavendish Square, W1.
Keystone relief of pelican and her young (1932) at 8...
Grasshopper above 6 Lombard Street, EC3, representing the family crest of Thomas Gresham who at one time owned the property.
Grasshopper above 6 Lombard Street, EC3, representing the...
Medieval lion and dog whizzing down a flying buttress on Westminster Abbey.
Medieval lion and dog whizzing down a flying buttress on...
Hylaeosaurus at Crystal Palace, Sydenham, SE27, one of 33 life-size models of giant lizards commissioned from Prof. Richard Owen to coincide with the Great Exhibition of 1854
Hylaeosaurus at Crystal Palace, Sydenham, SE27, one of 33...
Terracotta bas-relief of weasels on the front gates of the National History Museum, SW7, designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1875-6).
Terracotta bas-relief of weasels on the front gates of the...
Pterodactyl by Dujardin of Farmer and Brindley, on the eastern side of the National History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7, designed by Alfred Waterhouse, 1875-6.
Pterodactyl by Dujardin of Farmer and Brindley, on the...

An exhibition of 64 digital prints at the National Theatre, October, 2010. (36 shown here).

London boasts a veritable menagerie of animals, some familiar, others unknown. This exhibition pays tribute to the exuberance and imagination of architects and sculptors through the ages.