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 ...
This is a far better sculpture than our photo shows. Two versions of this bust exist at St George's: this one and one outside, on an arch...
We've numbered these heads left to right and identified them ourselves. Do let us know if you think otherwise. The building is very plain...
Artnet shows that a copy of this bust, by Nemon, was for sale by auction at some point. The Worshipful Company of Grocers' website mentio...
This bust was brought to our attention by Discovering London, where its claim to carry the oldest inscription in London is debunked. The...
Trinity House, was designed by architect Samuel Wyatt and built in 1796. The following year the Great Tower Hill Act enabled the creatio...
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
Proposed by Walter Besant, the first People's Palace was built by the Beaumont Trustees, ‘Unitarian philanthropists’, to replace Beaumont's Philosophical Institution which had been in Beaumont Squa...
Social reformer and animal welfare pioneer. Born at 1 Farrington Terrace (Now 41 Cassland Road), Hackney. She saw the plight of sick animals and owners who could not afford veterinary fees, whilst ...
Novelist and playwright. Born Kingston Hill, Surrey. Nobel Prize for literature, 1932. The Forsyte Saga is his best known work. Died Grove Lodge, Hampstead.
Author, Prime Minister. Born Hertford Street, Mayfair, the 3rd son of the Duke of Bedford. First Earl Russell. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Prime Minister: 1846-52, 18...
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