Statue of William Shakespeare
A statue of William Shakespeare, by the sculptor Giovanni Fontana after an original by Peter Scheemakers, has formed the centrepiece of Leicester Square Gardens in London since 1874.Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: statue in Leicester Square, London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Shakespeare”, “Shakespeare Fountain”, and “Statue of William Shakespeare, Leicester Square”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
National Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. National Gallery is situated 620 feet southeast of Statue of William Shakespeare.
National Portrait Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits. National Portrait Gallery is situated 580 feet southeast of Statue of William Shakespeare.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and West End of London.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west and Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.
West End of London
Locality
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The West End of London is a district of London, England. It is west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in the London Boroughs of Camden and the City of Westminster.
Seven Dials
Neighborhood
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seven Dials is a road junction and neighbourhood in the St Giles district of the London Borough of Camden, within the greater Covent Garden area in the West End of London.
Statue of William Shakespeare
- Categories: fountain, statue, and tourism
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51038° or 51° 30′ 37″ northLongitude
-0.13009° or 0° 7′ 48″ westInception
1874Open location code
9C3XGV69+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 571836758OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q17984957
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In Other Languages
“Statue of William Shakespeare” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال وليام شكسبير”
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