NW1, Euston Road, The British Library
All the sculptures are inside the main building.
See Father Jellicoe for the Gilbert Bayes finials, some of which are/were on display in the BL.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dr Walther Model von Thunen
Pastor and philatelist. He had been a collector of stamps for most of his lif...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Dr Walther Model von Thunen
This inscription is opposite the entrance, below the Shakespeare statue.
This bust is a 20th-century replica after Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.
This bust is a 20th-century replica after Anne Seymour Damer, 1814.
The poem is from 'Song Offerings' by Tagore. Written in Bengali, he created the English version himself so we guess the plaque is indeed ...
{On a plaque below the bust:} T. P. O'Connor, journalist & parliamentarian, 1848 - 1929. His pen could lay bare the bones of a book...
The hair seems a bit too curly but the sad eyes are right.
According to the plaque these are, clockwise from top left: Dave O'Hara, Tommy Martin, Sir Francis Drake, Metrina. Wall of the Ancestors...
This building, 1896, designed by Ewan Christian, has 18 busts contained in medallions around the top of the facades. Starting at the east...
The plaque claims that Garth launched London's first antiques market in Portobello Road, but without a date the claim is impossible to substantiate. See June Aylward's plaque, which at least gives ...
The pair of them drank individually at several pubs in the area. Whether they quaffed here together at the same time is not known for sur...
For other armillary spheres see Wolff.
Robert Browning lived in this house 1887 - 1889, from here his body was taken for interment in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey.
Supporting this lamp standard is really not a job for such small babies - they're actually clinging on for dear life. The push buttons f...
