The Naked Ladies

51°26′48.30″N 0°19′26.50″W / 51.4467500°N 0.3240278°W / 51.4467500; -0.3240278

The Naked Ladies
Frontal view, "topped by an Oceanid and two horses"
Location within London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
General information
Type	Statue complex on a rockery and water cascade
Location	The gardens of York House, Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Fountain at west end of York House Gardens
Designated	25 May 1983
Reference no.	1250324

The Naked Ladies are a Grade II listed^[1] statue complex on a rockery and water cascade in the gardens of York House, Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. The larger than human size statues depict eight Oceanids and a pair of aquatic horses. They were carved in the fin de siècle style from white Carrara marble and probably came from Italy in the late nineteenth century or very early twentieth century. Originally they were part of a larger set of statues that was subdivided after the suicide of the initial purchaser.

After a somewhat unpromising start, they were installed in their current location without the benefit of the original design for their display. The statues spent several years as the backdrop for some of London's grandest garden parties. They subsequently passed by default into public ownership, and suffered some vandalism, but have been restored and remain to this day on view in the corner of a municipal garden.