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[[Image:Piccadilly.jpg|thumb|Piccadilly Circus memorial fountain, with ''[[Anteros]]'', popularly referred to (wrongly) as either ''The Angel of Christian Charity'', or ''[[Eros]]'', one of the first statues to be cast in [[aluminium]].]]
AtDi thebarat south-western side of thedaya Circus, movedberpindah afterselepas [[WorldPerang WarDunia Kedua|Perang Dunia II]] fromdari itstempat originalasalnya positiondi in the centretengah0tengah, standsberdirinya the ShaftesburyAir MonumentPancut MemorialPeringatan FountainShaftesbury, erecteddidirikan inpada 1892-1893 tountuk commemoratememperingatkan thekerja-kerja philanthropicyang worksbersifat ofderwaman [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl ofke-7 dari Shaftesbury|Lord Shaftesbury]], whoadalah was a famous Victorianseorang [[politicianahli politik]] anddan [[philanthropistdermawan]] masyhur pada zaman Victoria.
TheTugu monumentperingatan isini toppeddiatasi byoleh patung bogel bersayap pada seorang pemanah keciptaan [[Alfred Gilbert]]'s winged nude statue of an archer, sometimes referred tokadang-kadang asdirujukkan ''TheMalaikat AngelBelas ofIkhsan Christian CharityKristian'' anddan popularlysecara knownmasyhur asdigelar ''[[Eros (goddewa)|Eros]]'' afterselepas theDewa mythicalMesra Greek God of Love. ThePatung statueitu hasmenjadi becomesebuah aikon London icon: asebuah graphicalilustrasi illustrationgrafik ofpadanya itdigunakan issebagai usedtanda as[[surat the symbol of thekhabar]] ''[[Evening Standard]]'' [[newspaper]], and appearsdan onbermuncul itspada mastheadmastheadnya.
Kegunaan tokoh bogel pada peringatan orang ramai adalah berkontroversi pada pembinaannya, tetapi ia secara umum diterima baik oleh orang ramai. ''[[Magazine of Art]]'' menjelasnya sebagai, "...suatu kontras amat ketara pada kehodohan pada keumumnan pemahat jalan, ... suatu pekerjaan yang, semantara menyantikkan salah satu dari ruang terbuka terbiat, yang seharusnya melakukan banyak terhadap ketambahan citarasa orang ramai pada arahan skulptur berhiasan, dan berkhidmat kebebasan untuk metropolis dari mana-mana tambahan lamjut pada urutan kehodohan bertugu peringatan."
The use of a nude figure on a public monument was controversial at the time of its construction, but it was generally well-received by the public. The ''[[Magazine of Art]]'' described it as, "...a striking contrast to the dull ugliness of the generality of our street sculpture, ... a work which, while beautifying one of our hitherto desolate open spaces, should do much towards the elevation of public taste in the direction of decorative sculpture, and serve freedom for the metropolis from any further additions of the old order of monumental monstrosities."
The statue was the first in the world to be cast in [[aluminium]] and is set on a [[bronze]] fountain, which itself inspired the marine motifs that Gilbert carved on the statue.
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