Myths & Curiosities
Hodge the Cat
Hodge sits on his master's famous Dictionary beside a pair of empty oyster shells — Samuel Johnson bought oysters for him personally, fearing the servants would resent the errand and take against the cat. He faces Johnson's house across the square, at cat's-eye height.
- Subject
- Dr Johnson's cat, 'a very fine cat indeed'
- Sculptor
- Jon Bickley
- Unveiled
- 1997
- Material
- Bronze
- Location
- Gough Square, off Fleet Street
- Area
- City of London
