equestrian statue of Edward VII

City of Westminster, United Kingdom

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The equestrian statue of Edward VII, designed by architect Edwin Lutyens and sculpted by Australian artist Bertram Mackennal, stands on Waterloo Place in Westminster, completed in 1921 after delays caused by the First World War. Cast in bronze atop a Portland stone pedestal, the statue depicts the late king in Field Marshal's uniform—a choice that honored Britain's wartime participation and victory despite having been made after Edward VII's death. Originally commissioned in 1912, the monument replaced an earlier statue of Robert Napier that had occupied the site since 1891. The final design emerged after earlier proposals for a larger, more elaborate memorial faced resistance from potential locations in Green Park and St James Park; King George V's advice led instead to this more modest equestrian figure, which now sits just north of the Duke of York Column and remains Grade II listed.