W6, Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith Carnegie Library
Milton sitting on the left; Shakespeare on the right; Carnegie's cartouche is inside the porch, above the door.
Erected in 1905, Carnegie Legacy confirms that, as for the Islington Library, the architect was Henry Hare and the sculptor was Schenck.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Milton statue - Hammersmith
Poet, essayist, playwright, historian, and diplomat. Born in the house called...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Milton statue - Hammersmith
Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he move...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Milton statue - Hammersmith
The monument, commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by George Gilbert Scott, was built 1864-72, and the statue of Albert was instal...
First erected in the second of St Thomas’s three courts, shown in a drawing here. In 1841 the block separating the first two courts was d...
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
The 4 female figures around the base represent: Britannia, France, America, Ireland. It was during Queen Anne's reign that the rebuildin...
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
