Erection date: 1870
EC2, Basinghall Street, 71
Ornamental Passions has some more photos and information on these sculptures, and there we learn that this building is the 1870 Guildhall library by Sir Horace Jones.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Queen Victoria at Guildhall
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Queen Victoria at Guildhall
Sculptor. Born Wiltshire. His son, J. H. G. and his grandsons, J. H. and A. B...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Queen Victoria at Guildhall
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
This B&W photo is from London Picture Archive where it is captioned: "Trinity Almshouses, statue of Captain Richard Maples, removed f...
This statue used to be at the main gate but was removed in 1943, presumably to avoid bomb damage. Reinstated here in 1997 by the Dockland...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
This building is commonly known as the Royal Academy (of Arts). The wings of the building are occupied by a number of learned societies, ...
Active in 1953. Initiated by Richard Hughes and also known as the Baritsu Chapter.
Royal prince. Born St Mary's Hospital Paddington, first son (the heir) of Prince Charles and his first wife, Princess Diana. Married Catherine Middleton in 2011. Known as the Duke of Cambridge un...
From The Teddington Society: "a prominent builder and land owner. He was born in Wootton-under Edge, Gloucestershire but by the 1851 Census was living in Teddington. He bought the Lordship of the M...
There are 22 statues on the façade of this building. Each is labelled with his (always 'his') surname. There are 12 at the top up against...
We did not initially recognise this logo, on at least 8 plaques in the Surrey Docks area, and maybe others elsewhere. We tried Google's image search and the results made us laugh; being an array of...
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