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Statue of Charles II, Soho Square

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reposing on a fish, out of whose mouth flowed a stream of water; on the north, an old man recumbent on a coal-bed, and an urn in his hand whence issues a stream of water; on the east rested a very aged man, with water running from a vase, and his right hand laid upon a shell." The fountain's water, which was pumped by a windmill in nearby
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Both the statue and pedestal are in poor condition and are seriously eroded, especially around the face and right arm. The baton once held in the right hand has disappeared. The original face has been replaced with a mask-like substitute that has been cemented on (possibly during restoration work in
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By the early 19th century, the statue was described as being "in a most wretched and mutilated state; and the inscriptions on the base of the pedestal quite illegible". The basin was filled in and "converted into a somewhat unattractive flower-bed". In 1875–6 the square underwent substantial changes
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The statue portrays Charles in a standing pose, left hand on hip, with his head turned to the right and wearing a long wig. He is shown wearing some body and thigh armour and a heavy long cloak at the back, and formerly held a baton in his right hand. The low pedestal once had an inscription on it,
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purchased the property in 1890, and there it stayed after his death in 1911, despite a request from Crosse & Blackwell for the statue's return, which Gilbert apparently ignored. Gilbert's widow agreed to bequeath the statue to the committee responsible for the square's upkeep and following her
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The statue's original base was reportedly much more elaborate than the truncated portion visible today. Edward Walford wrote that "on the south side were figures of an old man and a young virgin, with a stream ascending; on the west lay the figure of a naked virgin (only nets wrapped about her)
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but this became illegible as long ago as 1815, leading to some dispute at that time about whom the statue was meant to represent. As the square was once called Monmouth Square, some people erroneously supposed the statue to represent Charles' favoured out-of-wedlock son, the
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before being restored to the square in the mid-20th century. It depicts the king in a standing pose on top of a low decorated pedestal. Although it has been the subject of restoration works, it is heavily eroded and in a poor condition.
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Soho Square was laid out in the 1670s, during the reign of Charles II, and was originally called King Square in his honour. Its layout was influenced by European baroque ideas and specifically by the French tradition of a formal
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the 1930s), the left arm and leg are both broken, and some time before 1987 the entire statue was covered in a concrete wash which has now either been removed or worn away by the elements.
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to its layout, during which the badly deteriorated statue was removed and the fountain demolished. The statue was rescued by Thomas Blackwell of the condiment firm
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in Rome, which Caius Cibber probably saw during his visit to the city to study sculpture in the 1660s. Each corner had statues of river gods representing the
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death it was moved back to the square in 1938. It now stands a short distance north of its original site.
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Custard Apple (Annonaceae), Breadfruit (Moraceae) and Soursop (Annonaceae)
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The neglected king of King’s Square: Statue of Charles II, Soho Square, W1
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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
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Upton Park—with Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson
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The statue is used as a major plot device/character in
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Statue of Charles II in Soho Square, London, England
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Caius Gabriel Cibber
Soho Square
London
W1
Charles II of England
Caius Gabriel Cibber
Soho Square
London
Harrow

Bernini
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
Thames
Severn
Humber
Tyne
Rathbone Place

Grim's Dyke
Crosse & Blackwell
Frederick Goodall
Grim's Dyke
Harrow Weald
W. S. Gilbert

Soho Square
Duke of Monmouth
Patrick Marber
David Tennant

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