Painted roundel of dove and serpent on the gates of Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, EC4, now owned by the inner Temple. The inscription means 'wise simplicity.'
Painted roundel of dove and serpent
on the gates of Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, EC4, now owned by the inner Temple. The inscription means 'wise simplicity.'
Roundel of Pegasus decorating the iron gates of the Inner Temple EC4. This emblem, which forms the Inner Temple's coat of arms, may have been inspired by tiles in the Temple Church showing a Knight Templar on horseback with a raised sword and shield.
Roundel of Pegasus
decorating the iron gates of the Inner Temple EC4. This emblem, which forms the Inner Temple's coat of arms, may have been inspired by tiles in the Temple Church showing a Knight Templar on horseback with a raised sword and shield.
Lion and unicorn by Tim Crawley. Installed on the tower of Nicholas Hawksmoor's St George's Church, Bloomsbury, WC1, (1716-31), as part of the 2006 restoration programme to replace the long missing originals.
Lion and unicorn by Tim Crawley.
Installed on the tower of Nicholas Hawksmoor's St George's Church, Bloomsbury, WC1, (1716-31), as part of the 2006 restoration programme to replace the long missing originals.
Medieval statues of lion and dragon trying to scale the top of the parapet on Westminster Abbey.
Medieval statues of lion and dragon
trying to scale the top of the parapet on Westminster Abbey.
Chinese dragon sculpture bordering Limehouse, E14.
Chinese dragon sculpture
bordering Limehouse, E14.
Decorated elephant sculptures massed in front of the Royal Chelsea Hospital, SW3, July 2010, before being auctioned at Sotheby's to raise money for endangered Asian elephants.
Decorated elephant sculptures
massed in front of the Royal Chelsea Hospital, SW3, July 2010, before being auctioned at Sotheby's to raise money for endangered Asian elephants.
Gilded dragon made by Robert Bird in 1679 for the spire of Wren's St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, EC2.
Gilded dragon
made by Robert Bird in 1679, for the spire of Wren's St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, EC2.
Detail of Rabbits on the Peter Pan Memorial, Hyde Park by Sir George Frampton
Detail of Rabbits on the Peter Pan Memorial, Hyde Park
by Sir George Frampton
Detail from Gilbert Scott's Albert Memorial, Queensgate, SW7 - one of four marble groups representing the four corners of the British Empire. This elephant symbolises Asia (1872).
Detail from Gilbert Scott's Albert Memorial, Queensgate, SW7
One of four marble groups representing the four corners of the British Empire. This elephant symbolises Asia (1872).
One of four bronze winged lions on Holborn Viaduct, WC2, by Farmer and Brindley, 1869.
One of four bronze winged lions on Holborn Viaduct, WC2
by Farmer and Brindley, 1869.