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.
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
This ornate extravaganza, designed by the splendidly named Fitzroy Doll, was built in 1898. Ornamental Passions has a good post about the...
The collar, the hair-line, the facial growths - we hope you agree that this is Harvey.
Researching this bust we failed to ID the man, and worse, we discovered that there was another bust on the building, obliterated by the 1...
This building, 1896, designed by Ewan Christian, has 18 busts contained in medallions around the top of the facades. Starting at the east...
