W9, Randolph Avenue, Warrington Hotel
The busts are on the Randolph Avenue elevation, at first floor level. We've numbered them left to right. The listing text mentions the busts but doesn't provide any information, not even ID.
The pigeon protection makes photography difficult, but we are guessing they are a pair of 18th century composers: Handel and Bach. If you have other ideas or, better still, some information, please contact us.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Warrington Hotel - Bach bust
German composer and musician of the Baroque period. Born into a musical family.
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Warrington Hotel - Bach bust
The poetry on the base of the statue is from Donne’s 1613 poem ‘Good Friday—Riding Westward’. That on the shoulder is from 'A Letter to ...
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
When we published we wrote: "Who is this man? His identity escapes both us and Hither and Thither. A politician from the 18th century (fr...
The arcade contains four modern busts, left to right: Pepys Cromwell Shakespeare Wren and a statue of Whittington to the left.
This bust, high up in the pediment, is supported on each side by a muse, in the usual flimsy garb.
We were delighted to be told of this fourth pavement plaque in Camden by Alan Wito, Principal Planner with Camden Council. The other thr...
We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling and this Newspaper Archive report from the Nor...
Barnsbury is surprisingly short of plaques and memorials of any kind, so Anna's plaque is very welcome. But it would be anyway - a unique...
Erected the year after Davidson's death, about 18 months after his resignation as Archbishop. He was the first Archbishop to resign rathe...
Marble and said to be 12-foot high but that must be including the pedestal, since in photographs it seems about the same size as anyone s...
