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.
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Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasg...
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Born Aberdeen. Winner of the Prix de Rome. Other work in London includes the ...
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This statue used to be in the Constitutional Club (disbanded 1979) at 28 Northumberland Avenue.
Unveiled by Andrew Motion, author of a Keats biography. The quotation comes from Keats’ epic poem "Fall of Hyperion. A Dream", 1819.
Created in 1914 by Metcalfe and Greig for no particular tenant this building was converted into the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in 1920...
On this site there used to be a sister hotel to Hotel Russell, also designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll and erected in 1898. It was demolish...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
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