1831 1907
William Whiteley
{On ribbon:}
labora et vive {Latin for: work and live}
{At lower right:}
Geo. Frampton RA, 1915
KT12, Whiteley Village
The Listing text says the statue and the relief are of copper, not the more usual bronze. The front of the plinth below the seated lady supports (top to bottom): the relief; the plaque; the foundation stone. The biographical plaque is on the back.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Whiteley - bust
Entrepreneur and founder of Whiteley's department store on Queensway, now Whi...
A retirement village created with a bequest from William Whiteley. A charitab...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Whiteley - bust
Sculptor. Born at 91 Brook Street, Lambeth. Died at home at 91 Carlton Hill,...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
William Whiteley - bust
This foundation stone was laid by the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Art...
William Whiteley, the founder of this Trust, was born at Agbrigg, Yorks on th...
Maybe on an overcast day it would be possible to photograph the north facing ...
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
The spaces between the first and second floor windows carry carved brick panels, one in each of the seven bays. Purely decorative panels ...
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
Designed by Charles Holden and built 1927 – 1929 as HQ for Underground Electric Railways Company of London, the main forerunner of London...
Left to right these busts are: Cunningham, Jellicoe and Beatty, that well known legal firm. (Unusually there is an error in the Margaret ...
