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Statue of Florence Nightingale

Arthur George Walker · 1915

A bronze statue of Florence Nightingale in Waterloo Place, London, sculpted in 1915 by Arthur George Walker. It is part of the Guards Crimean War Memorial and shows her national commemoration as the Lady with the Lamp.

A later public monument that shows how Nightingale was commemorated nationally after her death.

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Bronze statue of Florence Nightingale standing on a pink granite pedestal. She wears a long dress, a shawl, and a cap, with one hand raised. The pedestal reads FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE O.M. and has a relief of soldiers and nurses. Blue sky behind.
Arthur George Walker, Florence Nightingale statue, 1915. Waterloo Place, London.

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What it is

This is a bronze statue of Florence Nightingale standing on a pink granite pedestal in Waterloo Place, London. It was sculpted in 1915 by Arthur George Walker and is a subsidiary part of the Guards Crimean War Memorial. It is a Grade II-listed monument. The pedestal reads FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE O.M. and carries a relief of soldiers and nurses.

Why it matters

The statue was made about five years after Nightingale's death in 1910. It shows how the nation chose to remember her: as the nurse who brought care to soldiers in the Crimean War, known as the Lady with the Lamp. Placing her beside a war memorial links her work in hospitals to the soldiers who were treated there. A monument like this reveals more about the people who commissioned it and their time than about the details of her own life.

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  • What do the relief carvings on the pedestal show, and why might soldiers and nurses appear together?
  • Who paid for and chose this monument, and what message did they want passers-by to receive?
  • What does the statue leave out about Nightingale's own views and work, such as her statistics and reforms?

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