Erection date: 1932
{Inscribed on stone plinth:}
Shackleton
In Exhibition Road façade, on left of picture. This bronze statue stands in a niche although it was intended to be on a plinth.
SW7, Kensington Gore, Royal Geographic Society
Ornamental Passions's post had good photos of the statues. Apparently cabbies call this "hot and cold corner" (think about it). The room behind is the lecture hall.
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Shackleton statue
Born Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland. He led several Antarctic expeditions and ...
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Shackleton statue
Sculptor. Born Yorkshire. Started as an apprentice metal engraver for Mappi...
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Shackleton statue
Donated by Henry Doulton and created in terracotta by Tinworth, who worked at Doulton’s nearby Lambeth factory where it was made. The bas...
The sculptor is elsewhere logged as James Alexander Stevenson but the niche gives "Mirande", as best we can read. 2022: We were contacte...
The Foreign Office was completed in 1873 to the 1861 designs of Sir George Gilbert Scott, with Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt for the St James’s...
On this site there used to be a sister hotel to Hotel Russell, also designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll and erected in 1898. It was demolish...
This unusual memorial was brought to our attention by the ever fascinating Discovering London where you can read how it came to be.
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