A new sculpture trail has come to London. The sculptures are of London icons, such as a telephone box, black taxi cab, tea pot, and more. There are eleven sculptures in total, but I was unable to photograph one of them (Royal Guard) because it was located inside a museum which was shut when I visited the sculptures one day after work. The sculpture trail was recently launched, and the sculptures will be in place until August 4th.
The sculpture trail was designd by art group Artiq, and its purpose is to celebrate the king's state birthday in mid-June and bring more people to these areas of London (Whitehall and Westminster) where the sculptures are located. It also celebrates the 200 year anniversary of the National Gallery (Trafalgar Square). The sculptures also have a bar code on the plinth, which connects to auqumented reality (AR) technology to show the sculpture with historical imagery in "Journey Through Time". The images coincide with the locations.
The corgi sculpture next to the stopwatch comes from a previous sculpture trail: London's Corgi Trail Celebrating the Platinum Jubilee.
Th sculptures include the following: London double decker bus, teapot, phone box, crown, pocket watch, post box, boots, taxi, top hat, teacup, and Royal Guard. The only thing I can think that they are missing is an umbrella as London is known for having a lot of rain, and it's had a large amount this year.
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