{on the plinth beneath the feet:}
Dias
{Beneath the lighthouse, on the left:}
1488
Dias rests his right hand on a cross which tops what appears to be a lighthouse. Behind his lower half the niche is carved with some schematic waves on which, to his left, sails a splendid galleon. Carved in situ.
WC2, Trafalgar Square, South African High Commission
Building 1933 by Sir Herbert Baker and Alexander Thomson Scott.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dias statue
Portuguese nobleman who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dias statue
This square, the site of an ancient reservoir, was set out in 1716 on land owned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon and originally known as Devonshi...
Criticised at the time as the "worst piece of sculpture in England".
On this site there used to be a sister hotel to Hotel Russell, also designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll and erected in 1898. It was demolish...
Ornamental Passions has some more photos and information on these sculptures, and there we learn that this building is the 1870 Guildhall...
9 foot 5 inches, bronze on a plinth at the centre of a low stepped platform. Unveiled by the Queen.
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