Erection date: 1980
{On plinth:}
Bertrand Russell, 1872 - 1970.
Bust was made in 1980, the same year that Camden gave permission for it to be placed in the square and an appeal for funds was launched.
WC1, Red Lion Square, Garden
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bertrand Russell bust
Philosopher, logician, essayist, social critic and campaigner for peace. Bert...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bertrand Russell bust
Building erected in 1883 by George Attenborough for his jewellery and pawn-broking business, Attenborough and Sons. Architects: Archer an...
{Inscribed on the plinth just below the bust:} Shakespeare {Below this there is an open marble book with a small marble scroll above. O...
This bust, high up in the pediment, is supported on each side by a muse, in the usual flimsy garb.
The original sculpture was offered to the Greater London Council in 1984 and unveiled a year later by the late ANC president Oliver Tambo...
The bust is above the 1st floor windows, just distinguishable in our photo, above the large red sign. Above the entrance at the east end ...
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