Statue of Florence Nightingale, Waterloo place, Westminster, Greater London

The statue was designed by Sir Arthur George Walker and was put up in 1915. It is a bronze standing portrait of Nightingale, holding a lamp in her right hand. She stands on a granite pedestal which has bronze plaques showing scenes of her at work - interviewing officers, attending a meeting of nurses and arranging transport for the wounded. The memorial stands on an island site in the centre of the road next to the Guards Crimean War Memorial.

Location

Greater London Westminster

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

memorial remembrance statue women war nurse