Erection date: 1997
Sam
Donated by the local community in affectionate memory of Patricia Penn (Penny) 1914 - 1992, champion of local causes - and cat lover.
Sam was stolen in August 2007. May 2009 - a new Sam is unveiled, secured with steel rods in the bricks.
WC1, Queen Square
This depicts an anonymous 12-year-old youth standing on a giant, fallen ash tree. The inscription is a line from a WW2 poem by Hamish Hen...
Of the four lions that used to flank the entrance to the Imperial Institute two remain here, the other two were taken to the Commonwealth...
The quotation on the main plinth is adapted from the Apocryphal book of the Wisdom of Solomon, Chapter 3, Verses 2 - 4.
The original bronze statue by Wade in 1897 was stolen in 1971 when it was sawn off at the feet. A copy by Davis of the original statue wa...
Purchased by the Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street Hospital in memory of Andrew Mellor. April 2001 Sculptor - Patricia Finch
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