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Art on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth

The empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square
The fourth plinth stands empty in Trafalgar Square Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
Ecce Homo by Mark Wallinger being removed from the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square
View of Wallinger's Ecce Homo, a statue of Christ that occupied Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth during 1999 Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian
'Regardless of History' by Bill Woodrow
Another view of Bill Woodrow's Regardless of History Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian
'Monument' by Rachel Whiteread
June 4 2001: Monument by Rachel Whiteread, an upended mirror image of a 14ft-high granite plinth, cast in two huge sections of clear resin, which changed colour with every change of light. Whiteread described her piece as 'a pause ... a quiet moment' Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
A wax effigy of David Beckham stands on an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square
June 12 2002: A waxwork figure of David Beckham, England's football captain at the time, made a brief (if unauthorised) appearance on the plinth. Despite hooting horns and shouts of encouragement from passersby, wardens from the Greater London Authority insisted that he be taken down Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP
'Alison Lapper Pregnant' by Marc Quinn
September 16 2005: Alison Lapper Pregnant, displayed on the fourth plinth Photograph: Dan Regan/Getty
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