Erection date: 1930
{Inscribed on the red granite plinth:}
Lincoln by Andrew O'Connor
Presented to the Gresham Committee by the Lincoln Committee 1930
{Inscribed into the stone on the left side:}
Lincoln by O'Connor
EC3, Royal Exchange Buildings, Royal Exchange
Easily missed, this bust was brought to our attention by IanVisits. It's at the eastern entrance to the building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
President Lincoln bust
16th President of the USA. Born Kentucky. Assassinated while watching a very ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
President Lincoln bust
Gresham College (founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham) is fin...
Active in 1930. Trying to research this we found a number of "Lincoln Commit...
Sculptor. Born USA, not to be confused with his father also a sculptor with ...
Built in 1892 by Charles Henman Jr. this heavily decorated complex of buildings makes up Croydon's Town Hall. The building and the rounde...
2018: Via Facebook (on head 3 page) Jackie Hoare directed us to the Telegraph article which mentions Palmerston as one of these heads. Th...
The Listing text says the statue and the relief are of copper, not the more usual bronze. The front of the plinth below the seated lady s...
This is one of a pair, See Charles I beheaded for more information. IanVisits pours cold water on the myth that nearby Cromwell's eyes a...
Possibly John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester. His hat is spot on (possibly standard bishop-wear at the time) and although Fisher is normal...
