The statue of Charles II stands in the Figure, or Middle, Court of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London.

Charles II founded the Royal Hospital in 1682 to care for "those broken by age or war".

[2] The inspiration was the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, founded by Louis XIV of France.

[3] The statue of Charles was commissioned by Tobias Rustat, a member of the king's court[4] and was designed by Grinling Gibbons[5] in about 1682.

[9] It depicts the king in the attire of a Roman general,[5] is 7.6 ft high, and stands on a marble plinth.