Erection date: 1868
{On a granite plaque below the statue:}
Sir Thomas Gresham, born c.1519, died 1579
EC4, Holborn Viaduct, Gresham House
Holborn Viaduct is watched over by four memorial statues:
north-west corner - Walworth
south-west corner - Fitz Eylwin
south-east corner - Gresham
north-east corner - Myddelton.
The Walworth page contains information about Holborn Viaduct itself.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Holborn Viaduct - Gresham
Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshop...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Holborn Viaduct - Gresham
Bursill also sculpted the allegorical statues on Holborn bridge and seems to ...
This statue was unveiled by Prince Albert in 1858 in Trafalgar Square. It was moved to Kensington Gardens (the first statue erected here)...
The hero of the Indian Rebellion is wearing the Star of India.
Erected in the King's lifetime - see Fenner Brockway for our list of other such statues. The statue once belonged to W. S. Gilbert and w...
This building is commonly known as the Royal Academy (of Arts). The wings of the building are occupied by a number of learned societies, ...
This (Wrenish style) building by Gerald Horsley was built in 1911 on the site of the first station opened in August 1842. Harrow Heritage...
Thomas Woolner RA, sculptor and poet, lived here, 1860 - 1892.
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