KCAW Chelsea Arts Walk

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  Step 1: Begin your walk on Chelsea Embankment, opposite Cadogan Pier and looking towards Albert Bridge.

• Step 2: This walk is curated by Geoffrey Matthews of The Chelsea Arts Club. You’ll be taken through the heart of Chelsea visiting a few of the plaques and statues associated with the thousands of artists who have lived and worked here.

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  Step 3: Look for a sculpture on the right hand side of the road, amongst the trees.

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  Step 4: Derwent Wood is perhaps best known for his statue of the Boy David at Hyde Park Corner.

• Step 5: A half size maquette of that statue, which is a memorial to the members of the Machine Gun Corps, used to be situated in Chelsea Embankment Gardens.

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  Step 6: Wood’s statue was stolen in 1969 and replaced in 1971 with a version by Edward Bainbridge Copnall (1903-1973).

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