Public statues in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, have been used to display the wealth and history of the city over centuries. The most prominent are those erected by the municipality or by public subscription, but others adorn the façades of the great commercial buildings.

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	William II of Scotland (William of Orange)	Cathedral Square, Glasgow	1735	Unknown	Equestrian statue on pedestal	Bronze and stone		Category A	Q17567391	Statue first erected at Glasgow Cross in 1735, at the expense of James Macrae, a Governor of Madras, and was moved to its present site in 1923.[1]
More images	James Lumsden	Cathedral Square, Glasgow	1862	John Mossman	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and pink granite		Category B	Q17811583	Lumsden was a stationer, local benefactor and Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1843 to 1846.[2]
More images	David Livingstone	Cathedral Square, Glasgow	1879	John Mossman	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17811564	Originally erected in George Square. Re-erected across from Provand's Lordship in 1959. Re-erected in current location in 1990.[3]
More images	Rev Dr Norman Macleod	Cathedral Square, Glasgow	1881	John Mossman	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17811590	Cast by Cox & Son.[4]
More images	James White of Overtoun	Cathedral Square, Glasgow	1890	John Mossman, completed by Francis Leslie	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17811577	White was a solicitor, businessman and chemicals manufacturer.[5]
	James Arthur	Cathedral Square, Glasgow	1893	George Anderson Lawson	Statue on pedestal	Bronze on granite		Category B	Q17811569	Arthur was a clothing manufacturer.[6]

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Other figures portrayed include St Paul, St Peter and the Four Evangelists on the facade of the Barony North (Glasgow Evangelical) Church to the east of the square – 1878-80 by McCulloch of London.

The nearby Glasgow Necropolis is a "garden" cemetery opened in 1833, in imitation of Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, has a number of statues associated with the funerary monuments of the rich and famous buried there. Most of these are private or religious statues, but the hilltop location is dominated by a large monument to John Knox erected in 1825. It consists of a 12 ft high statue of Knox, designed by Robert Forrest, atop a high Doric column by Thomas Hamilton.

George Square is Glasgow's central public square and was laid out in 1782, with houses appearing between 1784 and 1820. Many of these later became hotels, especially after the opening of Queen Street Station. Only one of the original houses remains - the Millennium Hotel beside the station. The square is now a magnificent public space dominated by the City Chambers, the former Post Office building, ex-Bank of Scotland and the Merchant's House.

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Sir John Moore	George Square	1819	John Flaxman	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and Aberdeen granite		Category A	Q17567464	The Statue of Sir John Moore [de] was the first statue to be erected in George Square.[14]
More images	James Watt	George Square	1832	Francis Leggatt Chantrey	Seated statue on pedestal	Bronze and Devonshire granite		Category A	Q17567460	Statue of James Watt (Glasgow) [de][15]
More images	Sir Walter Scott Memorial Column	George Square	1837	John Greenshields (statue) Alexander Handyside Ritchie (statue) David Rhind (column)	Statue on column and pedestal	Sandstone		Category A	Q43374173	The Walter Scott Memorial Column [de] was the first ever statue to Sir Walter Scott.[16]
More images	Queen Victoria	George Square	1854	Carlo Marochetti	Equestrian statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category A	Q17567473	The Equestrian statue of Victoria (Glasgow) [de] was the first equestrian statue of a woman in Britain.[17]
More images	James Oswald	George Square	1855	Carlo Marochetti	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17792900	[18]
More images	Sir Robert Peel	George Square	1859	John Mossman	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17792945	[19]
More images	Albert, Prince Consort	George Square	1866	Carlo Marochetti	Equestrian statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category A	Q17567468	Equestrian statue of Albert, Prince Consort (Glasgow) [de][20]
More images	Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde	George Square	1867	John Henry Foley	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17792870	[21]
More images	Thomas Graham	George Square	1871	William Brodie	Seated statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17792967	[22]
More images	Robert Burns	George Square	1877	George Edwin Ewing James Alexander Ewing James Alexander Ewing	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17792930	Cast by Cox and Son.[23][24]
More images	Thomas Campbell	George Square	1877	John Mossman	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17792852	[25]
More images	William Ewart Gladstone	George Square	1902	Hamo Thornycroft	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Category B	Q17792886	Originally erected in front of Glasgow City Chambers, it was relocated to the north side of George Square in 1923 to accommodate the Cenotaph.[26]
More images	Glasgow War Memorial	George Square	1924	Ernest Gillick (sculptor) John James Burnet (architect)	Cenotaph, surround, two statues of recumbent lions	Bronze and Portland stone		Category B	Q17792838	[27][28]

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Also on Ingram Street is the Italian Centre displaying rather classical looking modern statues by Alexander Stoddart. Inside the centre a distinctively modern man is rather amusingly struck by the same object of interest as his dog.

• McKenzie, R., Sculpture in Glasgow:an illustrated handbook Glasgow The Foulis Archive Press 1999 ISBN 0-9537149-0-X.
• Williamson, E., Riches, A., and Higgs, M., The Buildings of Scotland: Glasgow Penguin Books London 1990 ISBN 0-300-09674-7.