John Keats statue to be unveiled near his birthplace in London’s Moorgate

An artist's impression of the Keats sculpture, due to be unveiled next week. Photograph: Martin Jennings

A new bronze sculpture of the English Romantic poet John Keats will be unveiled next week, close to his birthplace in Moorgate in the City of London.

The sculpture by British artist Martin Jennings will be revealed at midday on 31 October, on what would have been Keats’s 229th birthday. Keats was the son of an ostler at a City inn and livery stable called The Swan and Hoop, which stood just south of the modern-day Moorgate station.