Erection date: 1866
Inscription
{Front of plinth:}
Richard Green 1866.
{Right base of statue:}
Edward W. Wyon sculptor 1865.
{Left base of statue:}
Henry Prince & Compy statue foundry. Southwark
{Panels on either side of the plinth show shipbuilding scenes.}
Seated at his feet is his dog Hector, who has an ear missing as a result of a boy having to be cut free when he got stuck whilst climbing the statue.
Site: Richard Green (1 memorial)
E14, East India Dock Road, Poplar Baths
The statue is located in front of the closed and dilapidated Poplar Baths, but Contamination Zone tells a different story.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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