Horse Statue

Address...
1 The Circle, Queen Elizabeth Street, London Borough of Southwark

Location...
51.50160°N 0.07438°W

Google maps pinpoint...
http://bit.ly/zsCdXJ
[Choose Google Street view for the best look at this location - click on the picture on the LHside. When the street view comes up you can click and drag the view to look 360 degrees around the location]

Details of the statue...
http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/CL/CLSK17.htm

Other public art in Southwark...
http://bit.ly/yF5QT3

[Kimmi]

Cool statue. I love the background

[Vanilla Spice]

I love this! Where is it?

[Netkonnexion]

@scrappy Southwark, SE London, UK

[Sheila]

That is majestic

[Kerri]

Great composition

[Vanilla Spice]

@netkonnexion Thanks! :) I love horses in all forms! This is a fav for me!

[Kim]

lovely statue and that background color is really vivid.

[Mags]

WOW!!! Great statue but, I love the building behind it!!! Is that blue tile on the outside of the building? And, I love how the balconies are staggered! Fantastic shot!

[Amanda F.]

I love that building! Wonderful shot!

[karenann]

Awesome statue . . that building in the background is beautiful. Fabulous colors here!!

[Brian Baptie]

That background is brilliant!!

[Ladybug71012]

Love the background. Color and shape make for a great background to show off the horse

[scooter]

This is beautiful!

[Carolyn White]

Gorgeous capture! I love the blue background.

[summerfield]

the statue is lovely, but i'm more drawn to the building in the background, damon. more for its structure and shape and of course the colours. but overall, a magnificent shot.

[Simply Amanda]

Very nice! I love the blue tiled wall. Great job!

[Lyn Todd]

great shot - I too really like the blue glazed tiles. :D

[Danielle Greenwood]

oh wowsa what a wicked building and horse! love it! where is this?

[Anneli Salo]

Great shot! Both the statue and the background are beautiful.

[Marilyn Wigen]

Oh my... this is a fabulous shot! The horse and the building are so cool!

[Vicki K]

You know there's something about this that really appeals to me. fave

[David]

I like the backdrop.

[Harry J Benson]

good stature, like the colour of the background building

[Shirley Chetwynd]

It's a beautiful horse statue too.

[Sue Wilde]

Great capture. Love the colour of that blue

[Amy Spada]

Wow... I love the backdrop!

[Pam Womack]

great composition, love the colors

[Megan Richardson]

great looking statue in a fab setting, love the blue wall and windows as a back drop and those balconies

[Shanne]

great sculpture and amazing building - that building is really eyecatching

[vorka]

Striking colors

[alia_801]

Great composition - I like the colours and patterns too.

[Howard Steele]

very cool backdrop

[Terry]

What a cool background for this great shot.

[Mike Warren]

Great looking capture. Love the vivid color on the building.

[Seth Tan]

What an interesting capture

[Ade Akinyede]

Beautifully composed!!

[Anne ❀]

very interesting!

[Bev]

Nice contrast between the horse and the building.

[Lora G]

The lines in that building are great! I love the colors and the contrast between something patterned vs. something not. Very nice.

[Carole Imes]

Wow.....neat capture. The blue buildings contrast so well with the subject.....Mr. Horse!

[Janet Shaffer]

The statue is great, but I LOVE the building!

[Jen Hudson]

Its the capture of the building, those stepped balconies and the colour behind the horse which I think is the wow. Still a lovely statue though.

[Netkonnexion]

@jennywren - I guess I saw it all as part of the composition. If I thought it was better without I would not have shot with the horse in the frame.

[John Brown]

Like that statue has a strong feel to it .

[eva]

Pretty perfect. A Fav.

[Jen Hudson]

@netkonnexion hi there, yes i do see it as whole composition too, the buildings would be nothing without the strong statue in front. It's just that they seemed an amazing colour and the patterns of the lines and balconies were really strong too, they just so caught my attention. I wasn't meaning to be critical, guess I phrased it badly.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

The statue and the building are amazing. Nice one!
I can't quite get my head round seeing a building frontage of shiny ,deep blue tiles? bricks? in the UK.

[Paula]

Stunning!

[Aleksandra]

Loving that background! It really adds to the beauty of the statue.

[Netkonnexion]

@jennywren - Feel free to say anything you want. I was just explaining my artistic standpoint (well, standpoint, perhaps not artistic! LOL).

[Netkonnexion]

@dulciknit - There are actually four buildings in a circle with this frontage. You can check them out by looking at them in Google street view. The address of this location is:
"1 The Circle, Queen Elizabeth Street, London Borough of Southwark"

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@netkonnexion Mega-thanks for the info., Damon. I had a look - it's terrific! It's also gone into my Favourites/ places to visit folder :-D.... that horse and all those balconies are c-o-o-l.

[Natacha Murphy]

this looks so interesting! i love the building's colours, the little balconies and of course the horse! love those. what a great shot :)

[Lisa]

Love the composition and colors!

[Courtney]

What a neat statue! i also just love the purple building back there!

[Lois P]

What a nice shot! Love the colours

[Ken Lemieux]

That's some color!

[Anja]

I like the background even more than the statue!

[Diana Moss]

Brilliant picture, well done.

[Juliette Packham]

great statue - loving the repetition of the building in the background.

[Tracy]

Nice POV! Love the colors too :)

[Myrna O'Hara]

These colors are really cool.

[bkb in the city]

very neat shot. Love the background

[Traci Wood Reynolds]

Beautiful horse (must confess I have a special love for them!) and especially lovely against the blue building backdrop!!!!!

[kammy]

vey cool! great statue but what i love more is the colour of the building and the windows!

[stephanie dp]

that background is just amazing with the lines and colors. perfectly composed.

[Dixie Goode]

This is so eye catching and just makes me want to beg for the whole story on the statue

[Netkonnexion]

@pandorasecho - The known details are here... http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/CL/CLSK17.htm

[Paula x2 Brumbe]

My eyes are drawn in and held hostage by the building

[Livia]

Very cool shot. I am attracted to the windows of the blue building too. Awesome colors!

['Saint' kk4go]

Love the contrasting colors :)

[lil Buddha]

Cool shot! Love the colours!

[Della]

love the statue and the colors in the background!!

[Myrna O'Hara]

NEED FOR GREAT PICS

[Michelle]

Oh wow, thats so different

[Giffy]

awesome shot! the background colors are so bright!

[mihaela oprisan]

i love both the statue and the strong colour of the building!

[Claire]

Very regal

[cris d]

love the contrast !