Grosvenor Hotel - head 10

Grosvenor Hotel - head 10

SW1, Buckingham Palace Road, Grosvenor Hotel

This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...

Grosvenor Hotel - head 11

Grosvenor Hotel - head 11

SW1, Buckingham Palace Road, Grosvenor Hotel

This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...

Grosvenor Hotel - head 12

Grosvenor Hotel - head 12

SW1, Buckingham Palace Road, Grosvenor Hotel

This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...

Grosvenor Hotel - head 14

Grosvenor Hotel - head 14

SW1, Buckingham Palace Road, Grosvenor Hotel

This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...

Bust in Stratford - Beethoven

Bust in Stratford - Beethoven

E15, Stratford High Street, 361, Borough Theatre

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...

1 subject commemorated
Christabel Pankhurst

Christabel Pankhurst

SW1, Abingdon Street, Victoria Tower Gardens

We double checked the "1881" - that is what is carved, it's not our mistype. She was born September 1880.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Keats House at Guy's - bust 3 - Hippocrates

Keats House at Guy's - bust 3 - Hippocrates

SE1, St Thomas Street, 24-26, Keats House

We are reasonbly happy with our identifcation of this head.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Keats House at Guy's - bust 2 - Thomas Guy?

Keats House at Guy's - bust 2 - Thomas Guy?

SE1, St Thomas Street, 24-26, Keats House

We are not certain of the identification.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Keats House at Guy's - bust 1 - William Harvey

Keats House at Guy's - bust 1 - William Harvey

SE1, St Thomas Street, 24-26, Keats House

The collar, the hair-line, the facial growths - we hope you agree that this is Harvey.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Keats House at Guy's - bust 4 - Astley Paston Cooper

Keats House at Guy's - bust 4 - Astley Paston Cooper

SE1, St Thomas Street, 24-26, Keats House

Apologies for the lack of focus on this one - partly due to the carving being so weather-worn that our camera had trouble focussing (when...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
231 more memorials