Statue of Thomas Carlyle
A statue of Thomas Carlyle by Joseph Edgar Boehm stands in Chelsea Embankment Gardens in London. Erected in 1881 and unveiled in 1882, it stands close to 24 Cheyne Row where Carlyle lived for the last 47 years of his life.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: statue in London
- Also known as: “Statue of Thomas Carlyle, Embankment Gardens” and “Thomas Carlyle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Albert Bridge and Carlyle’s House.
Albert Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Pretaxrain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge. Albert Bridge is situated 650 feet southeast of Statue of Thomas Carlyle.
Carlyle’s House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Carlyle's House, in Cheyne Row, Chelsea, central London, was the home of the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane from 1834 until his death. Carlyle’s House is situated 350 feet northwest of Statue of Thomas Carlyle.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Garden
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries' Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines. Chelsea Physic Garden is situated 1,700 feet east of Statue of Thomas Carlyle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chelsea and World’s End.
Chelsea
Suburb
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.
World’s End
Neighborhood
Photo: Images George Rex, CC BY-SA 2.0.
World's End is a district of Chelsea, London, lying at the western end of the King's Road. Once a Victorian slum area, council housing was built here in the 20th century, including the brutalist architecture World's End estate.
Sutton Dwellings
Neighborhood
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sutton Dwellings, also known as the Sutton Estate, are a series of 14 residential buildings in Chelsea, London, U.K.
Statue of Thomas Carlyle
- Categories: statue and tourism
- Location: Wandsworth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.48324° or 51° 28′ 60″ northLongitude
-0.16916° or 0° 10′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C3XFRMJ+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 7988864071OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q26355706
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chelsea Embankment Gardens and Carlyle Mansions.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as No. Fifty Cheyne and Albert Bridge / Cadogan Pier.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Statue of Thomas Carlyle”. Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.