W6, Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith Carnegie Library
Milton sitting on the left; Shakespeare on the right; Carnegie's cartouche is inside the porch, above the door.
Erected in 1905, Carnegie Legacy confirms that, as for the Islington Library, the architect was Henry Hare and the sculptor was Schenck.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Milton statue - Hammersmith
Poet, essayist, playwright, historian, and diplomat. Born in the house called...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Milton statue - Hammersmith
Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he move...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Milton statue - Hammersmith
We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling, where we note that the statue is veiled by a ...
Our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, didn’t find it easy to translate descriptions of a person’s character but it reads well to us. He ad...
The south side is the most weathered and sullied by traffic fumes which explains the poor condition of the marble statue of Queen Victori...
This identification of the statues on front of this building is only tentative, suggested by Ornamental Passions.
This ornate extravaganza, designed by the splendidly named Fitzroy Doll, was built in 1898. Ornamental Passions has a good post about the...
Douglas Macmillan, 1884 - 1969, founder of Macmillan Cancer Relief, lived here. English Heritage
Tommy Trinder, comedian, star of film, stage & radio, was born in this house 24th March 1909. Streatham Society
The hair seems a bit too curly but the sad eyes are right.
Number 12, the eastern half of the building on this concave corner is, 2014, occupied by Leon, but it used to be the pub The King Lud. Bu...
This is the most technical plaque we've ever transcribed - and we are none the wiser.
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