Hippocrates
Presented by H.L. and M.S. Jackson
Site: UCL - Lewis's (2 memorials)
WC1, Gower Street, 136
"Lewis's" is carved up at the top of the building.
Hippocrates
Presented by H.L. and M.S. Jackson
WC1, Gower Street, 136
"Lewis's" is carved up at the top of the building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hippocrates
Greek physician, known as the father of medicine. Born in 460 BC on the isla...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hippocrates
H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. Founded 1844 at 136 Gower St. by Henry King Lewis....
The arcade contains four modern busts, left to right: Pepys Cromwell Shakespeare Wren and a statue of Whittington to the left.
There are actually 2 busts (identical we think): one facing into the square and one facing out on the traffic.
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
Inside this building on the upper-ground floor there are 4 busts - 2 in the foyer area at the entrance from the pavement (at the west) an...
This bust is a 20th-century replica after G. B. Comolli, 19th century.