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  • Visitors in pedestrian zone outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, central London. Standing or cycling along the pavement below the pillars and columns of the gallery, we see various tourists and Londoners passing-by. Founded in 1824, the National Gallery houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. It was designed by William Wilkins from 1832–8. Only the façade onto Trafalgar Square remains essentially unchanged from this time, as the building has been expanded piecemeal throughout its history.
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  • A tourist is pushed up on to the plinth of one of four lions in Trafalgar Square, on 8th October 2018, in London, England. The lions are by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA, an English painter well known for his paintings of animals—particularly horses, dogs and stags. The best known of Landseers works, however, are these lions in Trafalgar Square.
    trafalgar_lion-01-08-10-2018.jpg
  • Visitors in pedestrian zone outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, central London. Standing or cycling along the pavement below the pillars and columns of the gallery, we see various tourists and Londoners passing-by. Founded in 1824, the National Gallery houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. It was designed by William Wilkins from 1832–8. Only the façade onto Trafalgar Square remains essentially unchanged from this time, as the building has been expanded piecemeal throughout its history.
    trafalgar_square01-24-02-2015_1.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourists sitting in the summer sunshine beside the fountains in Trafalgar Square. This area is a large public space and tourist attraction right at the heart of the West End.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourists sitting in the summer sunshine beside the fountains in Trafalgar Square. This area is a large public space and tourist attraction right at the heart of the West End.
    20150703_summer trafalagar square to...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourists sitting in the summer sunshine beside the fountains in Trafalgar Square. This area is a large public space and tourist attraction right at the heart of the West End.
    20150703_summer trafalagar square to...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourists sitting in the summer sunshine beside the fountains in Trafalgar Square. This area is a large public space and tourist attraction right at the heart of the West End.
    20150703_summer trafalagar square to...jpg
  • A tent which is home to one homeless person near to Trafalgar Square, London, UK. With all the hustle and bustle of central London around, it seems an unlikely place to live, but homelessness is on the increase in a very obvious way in the capital, so scenes like this are becoming far more common.
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  • With one of the famous fountains at the base of Nelson's Column behind, a solitary person walks through Trafalgar Square and up the steps on 12th November 2020, in London, England.
    trafalgar_square01-12-11-2020.jpg
  • A top deck bus view of the northern end of Trafalgar Square, the statue of King George IV with a pigeon his head, an art insitution, the National Gallery, on 29th September 2020, in London, Westminster, England.
    trafalgar_square01-29-09-2020.jpg
  • A young girl leaps in the air while running backwards and forwards through the spray from one of the fountains in Trafalgar Square, on 20th August 2020, in London, England. (Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    trafalgar_spray01-20-08-2020.jpg
  • Tired visitors to London rest against each other on the pavement in Trafalgar Square, on 15th August 2017, in London, England.
    trafalgar_women-04-15-08-2018.jpg
  • The sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke on the public space called the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square. Looking up towards late-afternoon blue skies we seen the Spire of St, Martin-in-the-Fields church and other buildings bordering this famous london landmark, as well as the lit street lamp. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    trafalgar_plinth01-15-02-2016_1.jpg
  • A holy nativity scene titled Christmas Crib by the artist Tomoaki Suzuki with background tourists in London's Trafalgar Square. Encased within a transparent perspex box are the pilgrims who are apparently paying their respects to the infant Jesus in that famous Christian religious event. The new crib was commissioned in 2006 by St Martin-in-the-Fields providing a significant new public art work embodies characters representing different ethnicities - Middle eastern, Caucasian, African and Asian. The 11 painted lime wood carvings are 40% life-size and were a collaboration with fashion designer Jessica Ogden who created timeless silk costumes for each of the characters.
    trafalgar_nativity06-09-12-2015_1.jpg
  • A holy nativity scene titled Christmas Crib by the artist Tomoaki Suzuki with background tourists in London's Trafalgar Square. One of the kings points up to the sky, perhaps to the star or to Heaven. Encased within a transparent perspex box are the pilgrims who are apparently paying their respects to the infant Jesus in that famous Christian religious event. The new crib was commissioned in 2006 by St Martin-in-the-Fields providing a significant new public art work embodies characters representing different ethnicities - Middle eastern, Caucasian, African and Asian. The 11 painted lime wood carvings are 40% life-size and were a collaboration with fashion designer Jessica Ogden who created timeless silk costumes for each of the characters.
    trafalgar_nativity01-09-12-2015_1.jpg
  • Two ladies using walking sticks to walk slowly up steps at the foot of the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, on 22nd January 2019, in London England.
    trafalgar_ladies-02-22-01-2019.jpg
  • Contestants in Trafalgar Square attempt to hang on to a horizontal bar in an attempt to win one hundred pounds in London, United Kingdom. Each contestant pays ten pounds and tries to hang on for one and a half minutes for women and two minutes for men. Some passers by comment that this is a scam, but hanging on is possible, if difficult.
    20190703_hang on trafalgar sq_003.jpg
  • Contestants in Trafalgar Square attempt to hang on to a horizontal bar in an attempt to win one hundred pounds in London, United Kingdom. Each contestant pays ten pounds and tries to hang on for one and a half minutes for women and two minutes for men. Some passers by comment that this is a scam, but hanging on is possible, if difficult.
    20190703_hang on trafalgar sq_004.jpg
  • Contestants in Trafalgar Square attempt to hang on to a horizontal bar in an attempt to win one hundred pounds in London, United Kingdom. Each contestant pays ten pounds and tries to hang on for one and a half minutes for women and two minutes for men. Some passers by comment that this is a scam, but hanging on is possible, if difficult.
    20190703_hang on trafalgar sq_001.jpg
  • A tired traveller rests with his baggage in winter sunshine on the steps in Trafalgar Square, on 22nd January 2019, in London England.
    trafalgar_man-02-22-01-2019.jpg
  • A group of foreign students sit on the steps in Trafalgar Square, on 9th May 2018, in London, England.
    trafalgar_group-05-09-05-2018.jpg
  • A group of foreign students sit on the steps in Trafalgar Square, on 9th May 2018, in London, England.
    trafalgar_group-04-09-05-2018.jpg
  • A group of foreign students sit on the steps in Trafalgar Square, on 9th May 2018, in London, England.
    trafalgar_group-03-09-05-2018.jpg
  • The statue of General Charles James Napier, on 1st May, in Trafalgar Square, London, England. Sir Charles James Napier, 1782 - 1853, was an officer and veteran of the British Armys Peninsula, and 1812 campaigns, and later a Major General of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the Governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in India.
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  • 3 of 3 in a photo sequence showing children ignoring a no climbing safety sign, hauling themselves on to the plinth of Nelson's Column, on 15th December 2016, in Trafalgar Square, next to a Christmas nativity scene in London, England. The Greater London Authority (GLA) has banned tourists climbing the 148-year-old lions due to fears they are being damaged, with potentially dangerous cracks appearing as well as the indignity of having rubbish pushed in their mouths. There has also been a serious injury resulting in an air ambulance helicopter landing to evacuate to hospital in 2015.
    trafalgar_climbing-01-15-12-2016.jpg
  • An elderly man with a stick (with his well-defined shadow) walks past the portrait by Francesco Goya of Don Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo, the Architect, sponsored by Credit Suisse and advertised on a construction hoarding outside the National Portrait Gallery. Paintings by the Spanish romantic court artist are being exhibited inside the National Gallery next door and while a large grey hoarding is in place during works in Trafalgar Square, some of Goya's work is reproduced to viewers outside.
    trafalgar_people04-09-12-2015_1.jpg
  • A busker dressed as Santa with visitors to Trafalgar Square, central London. Seemingly sitting in the frame of a portrait by the Spanish artist Goya, we see visitors looking around for directions in this landmark in the middle of the capital. It is weeks before Christmas and on tghe left we see the Countess-Duchess of Benavente by Francesco Goya (1885), work sponsored by Credit Suisse and advertised on a construction hoarding outside the National Portrait Gallery. Doña María Josefa Alonso-Pimentel y Téllez-Girón, Duchess of Osuna, Grandee of Spain, suo jure 15th Countess-12th Duchess of Benavente, Grandee of Spain (1752 - 1834) was a Spanish aristocrat, famous for her patronage of artists, writers and scientists and who died at the age of 81.
    trafalgar_people01-09-12-2015_1.jpg
  • Tables are set for National Gallery cafe customers, now set outdoors on the pavement in Trafalgar Square during the second (Autumn) spike of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 5th October 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_trafalgar_square01-05-10...jpg
  • Contestants in Trafalgar Square attempt to hang on to a horizontal bar in an attempt to win one hundred pounds in London, United Kingdom. Each contestant pays ten pounds and tries to hang on for one and a half minutes for women and two minutes for men. Some passers by comment that this is a scam, but hanging on is possible, if difficult.
    20190703_hang on trafalgar sq_005.jpg
  • Contestants in Trafalgar Square attempt to hang on to a horizontal bar in an attempt to win one hundred pounds in London, United Kingdom. Each contestant pays ten pounds and tries to hang on for one and a half minutes for women and two minutes for men. Some passers by comment that this is a scam, but hanging on is possible, if difficult.
    20190703_hang on trafalgar sq_002.jpg
  • London Mayor Boris Johnson is interviewed in Trafalgar Square. As the sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and former journalist who has served as Mayor of London since 2008. He previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 until 2008 with the Conservative Party.
    unveiling_gift_horse31-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London Mayor Boris Johnson is interviewed in Trafalgar Square. As the sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and former journalist who has served as Mayor of London since 2008. He previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 until 2008 with the Conservative Party.
    unveiling_gift_horse22-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London Mayor Boris Johnson is interviewed in Trafalgar Square by Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman. As the sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and former journalist who has served as Mayor of London since 2008. He previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 until 2008 as a member of the Conservative Party.
    unveiling_gift_horse33-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London Mayor Boris Johnson is interviewed in Trafalgar Square. As the sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and former journalist who has served as Mayor of London since 2008. He previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 until 2008 with the Conservative Party.
    unveiling_gift_horse29-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • We see the famous blonde hair of London Mayor Boris Johnson as he is interviewed in Trafalgar Square. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and former journalist who has served as Mayor of London since 2008. He previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 until 2008. A member of the Conservative Party. As the sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse06-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • Spectators stand at the foot of Artist Yinka Shonibare's artwork called Nelson's Ship in a Bottle on the Fourth Plinth in London's in Trafalgar Square. The artwork features a 1:29 scale replica of Lord Nelson's original HMS Victory commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Shonibare said his version with its textile sails with African and batik prints reflects the multicultural and diverse capital. The 2.35m high ship inside a specially-made glass bottle, will be in place for 18 months. 37 large sails are made of patterns which are commonly associated with African dress and culture. The patterns also look back at the path of colonialism as the patterns were inspired by Indonesian batik design, which were mass produced by the Dutch and sold to the colonies in West Africa. The Fourth Plinth is in the north-west of Trafalgar Square, London.
    nelson_victory02-24-05-2010.jpg
  • Looking upwards from below, we see above us artist Yinka Shonibare's artwork called Nelson's Ship in a Bottle on the Fourth Plinth in London's in Trafalgar Square. The artwork features a 1:29 scale replica of Lord Nelson's original HMS Victory commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Shonibare said his version with its textile sails with African and batik prints reflects the multicultural and diverse capital. The 2.35m high ship inside a specially-made glass bottle, will be in place for 18 months. 37 large sails are made of patterns which are commonly associated with African dress and culture. The patterns also look back at the path of colonialism as the patterns were inspired by Indonesian batik design, which were mass produced by the Dutch and sold to the colonies in West Africa. The Fourth Plinth is in the north-west of Trafalgar Square
    nelson_victory11-24-05-2010.jpg
  • Boy jumping onto lion statue, Trafalgar Square, London. Trafalgar Square is a public space and tourist attraction in central London, built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. It is situated in the City of Westminster. At its centre is Nelson's Column, which is guarded by four lion statues at its base. Coming and Going is a project commissioned by the Museum of London for photographer Barry Lewis in 1976 to document the transport system as it is used by passengers and commuters using public transport by trains, tubes and buses in London, UK.
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  • Man wearing Venician mask clearing pedestrians on a deserted Trafalgar Square as Coronovirus clampdown began on Friday evening rush hour,20th March 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The man, in a completely unofficial capacity, was encouraging people to go home to and keep 2 metres apart.
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  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
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  • Young student is arrested for public disorder during protest against government education cuts in Trafalgar Square. Holding a variety of splinter marches, students were campaigning against plans to raise tuition fees in England to up to £9,000 per year, with a vote expected in the House of Commons before Christmas. Police arrested 153 people during clashes in London on the third day of protests against plans to raise student tuition fees. The day ended with a stand-off with police in Trafalgar Square.
    student_protest07-30-11-2010_1.jpg
  • Canadian flags hang outside Canade House in London's Trafalgar Square, Westminster. Canada House (Maison du Canada) is a Greek Revival building on Trafalgar Square in London that is part of the High Commission of Canada in London. Canada House hosts the cultural and consular sections of the High Commission. Canada House is very much a public building. It contains the High Commissioner's office, and hosts conferences, receptions, lectures, lunches and "vernissages" where Canadians and Britons can meet, and has facilities for film, video and television screenings.
    canada_house01-25-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Extream caution was being followed by a young man crossing a normally crowded Trafalgar Square which was deserted as Coronovirus clampdown began on Friday evening on 20th March 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Although few in the United Kingdom wear masks the demand for surgical face masks in China has reached a cumulative 200 million masks a day.
    _E6A8271.jpg
  • Man wearing Venician mask clearing pedestrians on a deserted Trafalgar Square as Coronovirus clampdown began on Friday evening rush hour,20th March 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The man, in a completely unofficial capacity, was encouraging people to go home to and keep 2 metres apart.
    _E6A8198.jpg
  • A normally crowded Trafalgar Square was deserted as Coronovirus clampdown began on Friday evening rush hour on 20th March 2020 in London, United Kingdom. All bars and resturants were being closed at this time throughout the UK.
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  • A normally crowded Trafalgar Square was deserted as Coronovirus clampdown began on Friday evening rush hour on 20th March 2020 in London, United Kingdom. All bars and resturants were being closed at this time throughout the UK.
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  • Police Patrolling a deserted Trafalgar Square as the Coronovirus clampdown began on Friday evening rush hour on 20th March 2020 in London, United Kingdom. All bars and resturants were being closed at this time throughout the UK.
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  • Police Patrolling a deserted Trafalgar Square as the Coronovirus clampdown began on Friday evening rush hour on 20th March 2020 in London, United Kingdom. All bars and resturants were being closed at this time throughout the UK.
    _E6A8124.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_007.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_005.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_006.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_004.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_003.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_002.jpg
  • The 12th Fourth Plinth sculpture named 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' by artist Michael Rakowitz, in Trafalgar Square, on 5th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The artwork attempts to recreate more than 7,000 objects which have been lost forever. Some were looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, while others were destroyed at archaeological sites across the country during the Iraq War. Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The Fourth Plinth is an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London originally intended to hold an equestrian statue. For over 150 years there was much squabbling about what to do with the fourth plinth, but very little agreement, until the temporary use of the plinth to display three pieces of art in the last years of the 20th century lead to a commission being formed to decide on a use for it. Eventually that commission unanimously decided to use it for the temporary display of artworks.
    20180405_fourth plinth_001.jpg
  • Student protestsd against government education cuts using cartoon picture in Trafalgar Square. Holding a variety of splinter marches, students were campaigning against plans to raise tuition fees in England to up to £9,000 per year, with a vote expected in the House of Commons before Christmas. Police arrested 153 people during clashes in London on the third day of protests against plans to raise student tuition fees. The day ended with a stand-off with police in Trafalgar Square.
    student_protest09-30-11-2010_1.jpg
  • Spanish World Cup football fans celebrate in Trafalgar Square the morning after their team's victory in South Africa. With a summer sky overhead, we we see on top of one of the four lions that corner the plinth of Nelson's Column, two young male Spaniards, one of whom is holding the Spanish colours (known commonly as Rojigualda) complete with the outline of a bull. The four lions were designed by Sir Edwin Landseer. Positioned at the column's base, they were added in 1867 many years after the Square was developed between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It is not without too much irony that the British nation's former enemy show their flag at this famous location, known for a victory over Napoleon.
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  • With a confusing perspective and scale, a spectator photographs artist Yinka Shonibare's artwork called Nelson's Ship in a Bottle on the Fourth Plinth in London's in Trafalgar Square. The artwork features a 1:29 scale replica of Lord Nelson's original HMS Victory commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Shonibare said his version with its textile sails with African and batik prints reflects the multicultural and diverse capital. The 2.35m high ship inside a specially-made glass bottle, will be in place for 18 months. 37 large sails are made of patterns which are commonly associated with African dress and culture. The patterns also look back at the path of colonialism as the patterns were inspired by Indonesian batik design, which were mass produced by the Dutch and sold to the colonies in West Africa. The Fourth Plinth is in the north-west of the Square.
    nelson_victory03-24-05-2010.jpg
  • Extream caution was being followed by a young man crossing a normally crowded Trafalgar Square which was deserted as Coronovirus clampdown began on Friday evening on 20th March 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Although few in the United Kingdom wear masks the demand for surgical face masks in China has reached a cumulative 200 million masks a day.
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  • A normally crowded Trafalgar Square was deserted as Coronovirus clampdown began on Friday evening rush hour on 20th March 2020 in London, United Kingdom. All bars and resturants were being closed at this time throughout the UK.
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  • A jogger runs through Trafalgar Square, passing a street artist busker on a painted bike. As the man runs past we see the person busking on the bike, part of his art instillation, sitting on the saddle waiting for tourists to approach him for a picture and donate money. In the background is Nelson's Column, honouring the English naval hero ofr the Napoleonic wars, Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson (1758 – 1805) who stands on top of his 46m (151 ft) high plinth. Trafalgar Square is London's most central landmarks known for its fountains, pigeons and nowadays, its street buskers who entertain the capital's tourism industry.
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  • Alessandro Bianco on the right having conversations with strangers about their feelings and fears on the Coronovirus on 20th March, 2020 in Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. The square, normally crowded during the Friday evening rush hour was deserted as the goverment clampdown started.
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  • A pedestrian is picked up after falling over in the road during autumnal downpour in Trafalgar Square in central London, on 1st October 2019, in London, England.
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  • The final scenes of a dead Jesus being held by Mary after being lowered from the cross at the base of Nelsons Column during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion58-25-03-2016.jpg
  • Jesus struggles through the audience  near the end of The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion38-25-03-2016.jpg
  • Jesus struggles through the audience  near the end of The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion35-25-03-2016.jpg
  • London, 25th March 2016: The Passion of Jesus is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion10-25-03-2016.jpg
  • London, 5th March 2015: The sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse31-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London, 5th March 2015: The sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse05-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • April 29th 2011 Royal Wedding. Trafalgar Square. Crowd and big screen.
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  • April 29th 2011 Royal Wedding. Trafalgar Square. Woman singing along holding official programme.
    rw_1402.jpg
  • With afternoon sunshine backlighting the scene, a dog-walker with his animal companions walk past St. Martin's church steps in Trafalgar Square. A crowd of people are ahead and look on to the variety of breeds that are being exercised on the capital's streets - their shadows playing across the clean pavements.
    dog_walker01-19-11-2010_1.jpg
  • With home-made placards above their heads, locals of the South Darenth - Horton Kirby in rural Kent, protest in Trafalgar Square against the forthcoming Channel Tunnel rail link in 1989. British Rail announced that 150mph TGV trains would travel through their rural Kent countryside, forcing residents to sell their homes within a 240 metre corridor to the rail line, at great loss while splitting up the community.
    channel_tunnel1-25-09-1989_1.jpg
  • Revellers gather in Trafalgar Square in Central London to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29th April 2011. The crowds gathered from early in the morinng to watch the ceremony on the big screen and to show their support and patriotism for the Royal couple.
    20110429royal wedding crowdsQ.jpg
  • Revellers gather in Trafalgar Square in Central London to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29th April 2011. The crowds gathered from early in the morinng to watch the ceremony on the big screen and to show their support and patriotism for the Royal couple.
    20110429royal wedding crowdsL.jpg
  • Revellers gather in Trafalgar Square in Central London to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29th April 2011. The crowds gathered from early in the morinng to watch the ceremony on the big screen and to show their support and patriotism for the Royal couple.
    20110429royal wedding crowdsAP.jpg
  • Revellers gather in Trafalgar Square in Central London to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29th April 2011. The crowds gathered from early in the morinng to watch the ceremony on the big screen and to show their support and patriotism for the Royal couple.
    20110429royal wedding crowdsAL.jpg
  • Revellers gather in Trafalgar Square in Central London to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29th April 2011. The crowds gathered from early in the morinng to watch the ceremony on the big screen and to show their support and patriotism for the Royal couple.
    20110429royal wedding crowdsAE.jpg
  • Revellers gather in Trafalgar Square in Central London to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29th April 2011. The crowds gathered from early in the morinng to watch the ceremony on the big screen and to show their support and patriotism for the Royal couple.
    20110429royal wedding crowdsAD.jpg
  • Revellers gather in Trafalgar Square in Central London to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29th April 2011. The crowds gathered from early in the morinng to watch the ceremony on the big screen and to show their support and patriotism for the Royal couple.
    20110429royal wedding crowdsAA.jpg
  • Revellers gather in Trafalgar Square in Central London to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29th April 2011. The crowds gathered from early in the morinng to watch the ceremony on the big screen and to show their support and patriotism for the Royal couple.
    20110429royal wedding crowdsA.jpg
  • The South African Embassy on Trafalgar Square, London.
    20091219south african embassyB.jpg
  • Winter light illuminating the Grand Building at Trafalgar Square on the 3rd December 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. Built in the 1880s as The Grand Hotel, it now houses numerous retail outlets.
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  • Street art at Trafalgar Square on the 16th May 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • The final scene of a risen Jesus as he passes among the audience after being crucified on the cross during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion62-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The final scenes of a suffering Jesus being crucified on the cross at the base of Nelsons Column during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion49-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The final scenes of a suffering Jesus and two criminals being crucified on the cross at the base of Nelsons Column during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion47-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The final scenes of a suffering Jesus being crucified on the cross at the base of Nelsons Column during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion42-25-03-2016.jpg
  • London, 25th March 2016: Actors dressed as Roman soldiers parade at the beginning of The Passion of Jesus, performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion22-25-03-2016.jpg
  • London, 25th March 2016: Actors dressed as Roman soldiers parade at the beginning of The Passion of Jesus, performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion05-25-03-2016.jpg
  • London, 25th March 2016: A donkey is used as a prop during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion13-25-03-2016.jpg
  • London, 25th March 2016: The scene of The Last Supper during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion15-25-03-2016.jpg
  • An elderly couple look up to the sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, after its unveiling in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse55-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London, 5th March 2015: The sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse55-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London, 5th March 2015: The sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse51-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London, 5th March 2015: The sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse50-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London, 5th March 2015: The sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse48-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London, 5th March 2015: The sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse45-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London, 5th March 2015: The sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse38-05-03-2015_1.jpg
  • London, 5th March 2015: The sculpture known as Gift Horse, by German artist Hans Haacke, is unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the public space called the Fourth Plinth. London mayor Boris Johnson financed the 10th artwork to appear here. The skeletal, riderless horse (derived from The Anatomy of a Horse - George Stubbs, 1766) with a London Stock Exchange tickertape is a comment on power, money and history.
    unveiling_gift_horse34-05-03-2015_1.jpg
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