Erection date: 23/10/1953
{Inscribed on stone plinth:}
Livingstone
In Kensington Gore façade, on right of picture. The unveiling ceremony is detailed here (thanks to Jamie Davis for the link).
SW7, Kensington Gore, Royal Geographic Society
Ornamental Passions's post had good photos of the statues. Apparently cabbies call this "hot and cold corner" (think about it). The room behind is the lecture hall.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Livingstone statue
Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasg...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Born Aberdeen. Winner of the Prix de Rome. Other work in London includes the ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Livingstone statue
This was the first statue of a black woman to be on permanent display anywhere in England. 3m high, based on a poem, written in about 196...
The sculptor Lesley Pover was commissioned by the Trafalgar Tavern to produce the statue for the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. ...
Our image (1835 by George Sidney Shepherd) comes from View from the Mirror where you can find an introduction to the history of the King'...
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...
This statue used to be in the Constitutional Club (disbanded 1979) at 28 Northumberland Avenue.
