A life-sized statue depicting Brighton-born Olympic athlete Steve Ovett in the running position. The sculpture was modelled in clay from original photographic and video references and cast in bronze using the lost wax method.

From Wikipedia:

Stephen Michael James Ovett, OBE (/oʊˈvɛt/; born 9 October 1955) is a retired British track athlete. A middle-distance runner, he was the gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Ovett set five world records for 1500 metres and the mile run, and a world best at two miles. He won 45 consecutive 1500 and mile races from 1977 to 1980.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: Marine Drive Promenade, Brighton
Material: Bronze
Artist: Peter Webster (b.1958)
Date: 2012

Image Details
Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 40mm
Aperture: ƒ/5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 220
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The Statue of Queen Victoria stands in Victoria Gardens in the centre of Brighton on the south coast of England. It was unveiled in 1897, the year of Victoria’s diamond jubilee and is a Grade II listed building.

Multiple statues of Queen Victoria were erected in Britain and its empire (especially India) around her golden and diamond jubilees. Brighton’s was commissioned by the town’s mayor, Sir John George Blaker. It was designed by the Italian sculptor Carlo Nicoli and built by the Sculptured Marble Company of London (a subsidiary of the Statuary and Granite Company), which offered several stock designs for statues of Victoria.

Blaker announced the gift of the statue on the date of Victoria’s diamond jubilee, 22 June 1897, and his daughter unveiled it on 8 December. The park in which it is situated was known as North Steine Gardens and open only to subscribers but was opened to the public to mark the jubilee, and was renamed Victoria Gardens at the same time as the statue was unveiled. The gardens are divided into two sections; the statue stands in the centre of the southern part.

The unveiling ceremony concluded with a military tattoo. The statue has suffered graffiti multiple times since its inception. Victoria’s left arm was severed in 2022; the cause of the damage was unknown.

It has been a Grade II listed building since 1971, a legal status which provides protection from demolition or unauthorised modification.

The statue is executed in Carrara marble. It is a copy of one that stood in Amritsar, India, which Nicoli produce in 1888. Victoria is depicted true to life, in an aged state, at a state Opening of Parliament. She is wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter and a veil beneath her crown, and is holding an unrolled scroll in her left hand. The scroll is a reference to Victoria’s assumption of direct rule over India. The statue is 2.5 metres (8 feet 2 inches) high and stands on a plinth of the same height, then a base of three octagonal steps. The base is decorated with a sculpted braid along the top plinth and scrolls at the corners. Victoria is depicted life-like in her elderly state and is not idealised. She faces the statue of George IV (her uncle), and the Indian-style Royal Pavilion, though she profoundly disliked the building.

Nicoli relied on photographs of the queen for the sculpture. The statue was well-received locally at its unveiling but The Magazine of Art was extremely critical, saying that the work “impresses us neither as a portrait nor as an example of sculpture” and derided it as a “commercial sculpture”. The magazine noted that Nicoli did not sign the work (only the company’s name appears on the work) and suggested that he was ashamed to put his name to it.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: Victoria Gardens, Brighton
Material: Carrara marble
Artist: Carlo Nicoli (1843–1915)
Date: 1897

Image Details
Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 55mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1,250s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The Statue of George IV stands outside the Royal Pavilion complex in Brighton, on the south coast of England. It was commissioned in 1822 as a tribute to King George IV and unveiled in 1828. It was sculpted by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey and is now a Grade II listed building.

George IV (1762–1830) was a frequent visitor to Brighton, beginning in 1785 when still a prince (he acted as prince regent from 1811, owing to his father’s illness, and inherited the throne in 1820). He commissioned prominent architects to create the Royal Pavilion, which took 35 years to complete. The Pavilion was highly influential on Regency architecture and especially the architecture of Brighton. George continued to frequent the town and entertain at the Pavilion throughout the Regency period and after ascending to the throne, helping to establish Brighton as a fashionable seaside resort.

The first statue of George in Brighton was sculpted in stone by John Charles Felix Rossi and erected in 1802 but the prince considered it unflattering. It suffered badly from weathering and was removed in 1819. In March 1822, George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex, opened a public subscription fund for a replacement statue. Wyndham was an admirer of Chantrey’s work and commissioned him to create the statue. The work was Chantrey’s first sculpture in bronze. The fund remained open for eight years. Clifford Musgrave, in his history of the pavilion, claimed that the subscriptions were insufficient to cover the whole cost of the statue and that Chantrey made up the shortfall, but this is contradicted by Chantrey’s accounts and Wyndham’s archived correspondence.

The statue was cast from 4 tonnes (4.4 tons) of metal from the Ordnance Office. Chantrey’s fee was 3,000 guineas. He worked from his own foundry in Pimlico, London, which the art historian Margaret Whinney considered to be indicative of a new era of entrepreneurial sculptors who had wealth and social standing. Chantrey made a replica of the statue in 1831, which stands on George Street in Edinburgh, and a copy in marble which was installed inside Windsor Castle in 1829.

The statue stands just outside the Royal Pavilion complex, close to the north gate. George is standing, wearing robes and the cape of the Order of the Garter. His head is turned slightly to the right. His left hand is grasping his robes and his right arm is outstretched. The sculpture is in bronze and over-life-size at 2.7 metres (9 feet) tall.

It stands on a rectangular granite pedestal 3.15 metres (10.3 feet) high and just over 2 metres (6 feet 7 inches) wide at its widest point. On the back of the statue, at the bottom of the robe, is a small signature, “George IV/MDCCCXXVIII/Chantrey, S. C.”.

The statue was unveiled on 9 October 1828. The occasion was marked with a public dinner, attended by over 120 guests, at the Old Ship Hotel. It originally stood on the Old Steine, to the east of the Royal Pavilion, but moved to its current location by the north gate in 1922 to make room for Brighton War Memorial. It now stands opposite the statue of Queen Victoria (by Carlo Nicoli, unveiled 1897), George’s niece and eventual successor. The proposal for the move generated considerable local debate.

The statue has been a Grade II listed building since October 1952. Listed status provides legal protection from unauthorised demolition or modification.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: North Gate, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Material: Bronze & stone
Artist: Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey RA (1781-1841)
Date: 1828

Image Details
Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 35mm
Aperture: ƒ/5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,250s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Represented in his robes as Chancellor of Cambridge University, the Duke is seated in a chair, an open book held in his left hand.

From Wikipedia:

William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (27 April 1808 – 21 December 1891), styled Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and Earl of Burlington between 1834 and 1858, was an English aristocrat, landowner, property developer, industrialist, benefactor, and prominent politician.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: Devonshire Place, Eastbourne
Material: Bronze & stone
Artist: E. Gruet Jeune (active 1890s–1910) and William Goscombe John (1860–1952)
Date: 1901

Image Details
Date: 1 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 18mm
Aperture: ƒ/6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/1,600s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

A pink granite obelisk in two sections with bronze plaques on all sides on a two-stepped granite octagonal base, set in the junction of the road. The south-west and north-east sides have pictorial reliefs of soldiers in action. The south-east and north-west faces have inscribed plaques. It is surmounted by a statue which represents a young officer of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, clad in the uniform worn prior to the Indian Mutiny; he has a drawn sword downward-facing in his right hand, his left hand is resting on his hip. The uniform is of the Bengal Regiment, one of the old regiments of the East India Company.

From Wikipedia:

The Royal Sussex Memorial is a war memorial in Eastbourne, East Sussex, on the English south coast. It commemorates the Royal Sussex Regiment’s casualties from various campaigns around the turn of the 20th century. Sculpted by William Goscombe John, it was unveiled in 1906 and is now a Grade II* listed building.

The monument stands on the seafront, at the junction of Cavendish Place and Elms Avenue, opposite the entrance to Eastbourne Pier. It consists of a sculpture of a soldier on a stone pedestal. The soldier is a young officer in the uniform the 107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot, which became the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in 1881. The officer’s sword is drawn and held in his right hand at waist height pointing to his feet; his left hand rests on his hip. His uniform is that worn by the regiment prior to reforms which stemmed from the 1857 Indian Mutiny. The statue is 1.9 metres (6 feet 3 inches) tall and stands on a pedestal 3 metres (9.8 feet) high. The pedestal has bronze plaques on all four sides. The two on the sides contain reliefs of the regiment in action and two and those on the front and rear bear dedicatory inscriptions.

The dedication on the front reads “Royal Sussex Regiment: To the honour and glory of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, formerly 107 Regiment Bengal Infantry, who lost their lives during the service of the battalion abroad in Malta, Egypt, and India from 1882 to 1902, and in special memory of the campaigns in which the battalion took part: The Black Mountain Expedition of 1888 and the Tirah Campaign of 1897–98, this memorial has been erected by their comrades”.[1] The rear plaque contains the dedication “2nd Royal Sussex Regiment: Roll of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who died while the battalion was on foreign tour of service from 21 July to 11 Dec. 1902”, followed by a list of names. The pedestal is pink granite in two parts—a base and an obelisk.

The memorial was sculpted by William Goscombe John and the metalwork cast by A. B. Burton. It was unveiled on 7 February 1906 by Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, who was an officer in the regiment and the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. He was accompanied by a major from the regiment, which also provided a guard of honour. The soldiers were from the regiment’s headquarters at Roussillon Barracks in Chichester, and arrived in Eastbourne on a special train

The statue is a Grade II* listed building, first listed in 1971. Listed building status provides legal protection from unauthorised demolition or modification and is applied to structures of historical and architectural importance.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: Cavendish Place, Eastbourne
Material: Bronze & granite
Artist: A. B. Burton (active 1874–1939) and William Goscombe John (1860–1952)
Date: 1906

Image Details
Date: 30 June 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 55mm
Aperture: ƒ/8
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

It was sculpted in 1976 by Harry Phillips, a congregation member.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: High Street, Lewes
Material: Bronze
Artist: Harry Phillips
Date: 1976

Image Details
Date: 30 June 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/428s
ISO: 16
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

The statue portrays the Duke in the robes of a Chancellor of Cambridge University. On his shoulder hangs the collar of the Order of the Garter, with a pendant of George V. He faces inland and holds a pince-nez in his right hand as was his habit when addressing a public assembly. The pedestal is decorated with the Devonshire arms, surrounded by the Garter.

From Wikipedia:

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (23 July 1833 – 24 March 1908), styled Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1834 and 1858 and Marquess of Hartington between 1858 and 1891, was a British statesman. He has the distinction of having held leading positions in three political parties: at different times he led Liberal Party, the Liberal Unionist Party and the Conservative Party in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords. After 1886 he increasingly voted with the Conservatives. He declined to become prime minister on three occasions, because the circumstances were never right. Historian and politician Roy Jenkins said he was “too easy-going and too little of a party man”. He held some passions, but he rarely displayed them regarding the most controversial issues of the day.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: King Edward’s Parade, Eastbourne
Material: Bronze & granite
Artist: Edward Alfred Briscoe Drury (1856–1944) and Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd (founded 1927)
Date: Unknown

Image Details
Date: 30 June 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 38mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1,250s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

A statue of Henry Campbell-Bannerman by Paul Raphael Montford stands in Stirling, Scotland. Erected in 1913, it depicts Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Liberal Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs. It is located on Corn Exchange Road and is close to Stirling railway station. Historic Environment Scotland notes the statue as a listed building.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: Corn Exchange Road, Stirling
Material: Bronze
Artist: Paul Raphael Montford (1868-1938)
Date: 1930

Image Details
Date: 29 March 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/50s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The statue of Robert the Bruce on the esplanade at Stirling Castle, Stirling, is a 1876 work sculpted by Andrew Currie and designed by illustrator George Cruikshank. As of 2020, the statue is featured on the Clydesdale Bank £20 note.

The stone sculpture depicts Robert the Bruce in chain mail with his hand on the pommel of his sword. To the back side is his shield and axe. On the plinth is a shield with a lion rampant. The figure faces south, towards the location of the Battle of Bannockburn. The statue is a C listed building.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: Stirling Castle, Stirling
Material: Stone
Artist: Andrew Currie (1812–1891) 
Date: 1876

Image details
Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 38mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.8
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 500
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

From Wikipedia:

The statue of Robert the Bruce on the esplanade at Stirling Castle, Stirling, is a 1876 work sculpted by Andrew Currie and designed by illustrator George Cruikshank. As of 2020, the statue is featured on the Clydesdale Bank £20 note.

The stone sculpture depicts Robert the Bruce in chain mail with his hand on the pommel of his sword. To the back side is his shield and axe. On the plinth is a shield with a lion rampant. The figure faces south, towards the location of the Battle of Bannockburn. The statue is a C listed building.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: Stirling Castle, Stirling
Material: Stone
Artist: Andrew Currie (1812–1891) 
Date: 1876

Image details
Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 55mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 640
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International