*LONDON* - Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

About ten years ago when I was living in London and had a Monday to Friday job, my weekends were often a barren wasteland with very little of interest to fill them. In a moment of semi-madness I decided I'd explore the whole of London and photograph all the statues and document them (I did this initially on Xcel which didn't really work). As luck would have it, within a few weeks of embarking on this epic voyage I got a job over on the Isle of Man and my adventure of wandering aimlessly around London streets mumbling to myself, come to a close.

Fortunately I still have some of the photographs that I took of statues back then and over the past few years I've taken some more on various holidays, so its now time they see the light of day in Bloggerland.

First up is this 1903 statue of Arthur Sullivan who was one half of the famous opera composers Gilbert & Sullivan (HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, etc). There is only a bust of Sullivan himself, with a half-naked muse taking up most of the space (even back then the value of eye-candy was appreciated). The sculptor was William Goscombe John and more info on the piece can be found here on the London Remembers website.

The statue (along with numerous others) is located in London's Embankment Gardens.

Overall:- 8.5/10