Fourth Plinth artists receive a £30,000 fee, according to Mayor’s office documents, and a further £140,000 to cover production costs for their installations.

The square plinth is by sculptor J.M. Rysbrack surmounted by a copy of a Roman statue of Modesty by F. della Valle. Her son Horace (or Horatio), Earl of Orford, put up the memorial and wrote the ...