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| Shining white against a black night. |
Crossing Westminster Bridge, heading south, you will be met with a sculpture of a White Lion, standing on a plinth beside County Hall.
The lion has been there since 1966, although, as it turns out, it is much older than it appears.
An inscription on one of the lion's paws reads... 'WFW Coade 24 May 1837'.
William Frederick Woodington was a sculptor at the Royal Academy's School of Sculpture and used Coade Stone, a ceramic material, to sculpt the lion in 1837.
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| A wonderful profile of the lion. |
The lion sculpture once adorned the top of the Lion Brewery, which stood roughly where the Royal Festival Hall now stands today.
