Erection date: 1894
We think that hiding below hundreds of layers of whitewash is a fine relief bust of Shakespeare. This is at the top of the pargeting (decorative plasterwork) in the pediment.
NW10, High Road, 95, Willesden Green Old Library Building
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Willesden Library - Shakespeare
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Willesden Library - Shakespeare
The bust was unveiled on Garvey's 129th birthday, and is now inside a glass c...
Willesden Green Library was established in 1894 following a poll of the ratep...
In April 2009 this statue was beheaded, allegedly by protestors from an unauthorized Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam demonstration.
Inside this building on the upper-ground floor there are 4 busts - 2 in the foyer area at the entrance from the pavement (at the west) an...
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
The project to erect the statue was masterminded by Dr Patil.
Artnet shows that a copy of this bust, by Nemon, was for sale by auction at some point. The Worshipful Company of Grocers' website mentio...
