Whittington
Dick stands in front of a milestone showing he is in Highgate (3 miles from London) with his cat rubbing up against his torn leggings, and a rat's head poking out from his pile of clothes.
EC2, Guildhall Yard, Guildhall
The arcade contains four modern busts, left to right:
Pepys
Cromwell
Shakespeare
Wren
and a statue of Whittington to the left.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Whittington statue
Born in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, second son of a wealthy man. Thrice Lord M...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Whittington statue
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Whittington statue
Ipernity informs that this was set up as a memorial of Canon Mortlock, a head carved in 1936, long before his death in 1967, by Epstein.
But look at head 8 too, that's also a candidate for Milton.
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
There has been a public house of this name here since at least 1739 but the bust is a very good likeness of George IV, regent 1811 - 1820...
The unabbreviated text would read in Latin: "Victoria dei gratia Britanniarum Regina", which translates as: "Victoria, by the Grace of Go...
Charles Walter Stansby Williams, 1886 - 1945, writer, was born here.
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