Morley opened this building. With the pupil-less eyes this looks like a death mask in contrast to the sighted Raikes' keystone on the east side of the building.
Look this up on Google Street View and all you see on the keystone is a blur - face recognition strikes!
EC1, Edward Street, Nomura House
Brought to our attention by Ornamental Passions.
This building was designed by Sir Henry Tanner and built for the General Post Office in 1889-95.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Arnold Morley keystone
Barrister, Liberal MP, Postmaster General 1892-5. From Ornamental Passions: ...
For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...
His ringlets are formed by coins. Loose copies of an old penny are placed at the bottom corners: head (a young Victoria) at the left, tai...
Cadby Hall was built in 1873 as a piano factory. Our picture comes from Cadby Hall: "Built to the design of Lewis H. Isaacs, Cadby Hall w...
For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...
But who is he? Is this his portrait? He looks rather wild. We can't identify him.
Building erected in 1883 by George Attenborough for his jewellery and pawn-broking business, Attenborough and Sons. Architects: Archer an...
An oriental romance by Thomas Moore. The eponymous heroine (the name means 'tulip cheeked') is engaged to the young king of Bukhara. She goes to meet him, but falls in love with Feramorz, a poet fr...
Publisher and newspaper executive. Born Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens in Marylebone. In 1957 he bought the high society publication 'The Queen' and revamped it as 'Queen'. In the 1960s he provide...
{On a nearby bench:} Plaque 1:The characters for this Portrait Bench chosen by your community celebrate Sustrans winning a nationwide vo...
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