Revealed: Blake's vision of a British statue of liberty

The Independent - London | October 20, 1996| | Copyright

However big and however spectacular the Millennium Exhibition planned for Greenwich in 2000, it is unlikely to be as striking a sight as what might once have been.

For London's most astonishing lost monument was a 230ft-high statue of Britannia Triumphant, looking out over the capital from the top of Greenwich Hill. More than twice the height of the Colossus of Rhodes and 80ft taller than the Statue of Liberty, the Greenwich Britannia would have been not just an extraordinary London landmark, but "the noblest Monument of National Glory in the world".

The idea was that of John Flaxman, a highly ...

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