Public sculpture of the City of London / Philip Ward-Jackson.
Series: Public sculpture of Britain ; v. 7.Publication details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003.Description: xxxi, 520 p. : ill., maps, ports ; 22 cmISBN:- 0853239770
- 9780853239772
- 0853239673
- 9780853239673
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-494) and index.
As the financial capital of the British Empire, the City commissioned imposing statues of those who had made it what it was. More surprising is the wealth of architectural sculpture, including the friezes of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the most important of the 'New Sculpture'.