London Pride. Frank Dobson CBE, RA. 1886 - 1963. Commissioned for The Festival of Britain 1951. Given by Mary Dobson 1987 and placed on the South Bank. Assisted generously by Lynton Property & Reversionary Plc and The Henry Moore Foundation.
Arts Council of Great Britain.
SE1, Queen's Walk
On the South Bank riverfront, between the Royal National Theatre and the river.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Festival of Britain - London Pride
'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Festival of Britain - London Pride
1940 the Committee for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was set up ...
Sculptor. CBE, RA. Born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone Road, Londo...
Ava lived in Ennismore Gardens, in the first floor apartment the windows of which can be seen in the photograph. We were told that Carmen...
The quotation on the main plinth is adapted from the Apocryphal book of the Wisdom of Solomon, Chapter 3, Verses 2 - 4.
{On the small plaque on the wall to the left:} For Anna Kendall, headteacher of Christ Church Primary School, 1992 - 2009. From grateful ...
Lady Regnart donated these statues in 1912 and her husband died in 1912 so, call us reckless, but we are assuming that the donation was i...
When you have a winged character overpowering a dragon - who is it - St Michael or St George? Here we have St Michael. Our confidence c...
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Glenton Anthony Powell was born on 19 January 1965 and died, aged 16 years, on 25 January 1981 as a result of injuries sustained in a fir...
Muralist. Married to Anna. Designed the Hackney Peace Carnival Mural but died suddenly from a heart attack, aged 39 before the painting began. He was also working on the Cable Street mural when he...
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