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.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Shackleton statue
Born Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland. He led several Antarctic expeditions and ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Shackleton statue
Sculptor. Born Yorkshire. Started as an apprentice metal engraver for Mappi...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Shackleton statue
{On the front of the plinth:} Nick Duncombe, 1982 - 2003. Harlequins & England. 'Carpe Diem' { Latin: Seize the day}{On the back o...
The statue, by Ian Walters and unveiled (very appropriately) by Michael Foot, MP in 1985, is very characterful, with the hitched up jacke...
Ward-Jackson refers to this statue twice as 'Empress Mathilda' and once as 'Empress Maud' which confused us at first but we discovered th...
From Westminster's Conservation Audit: This Listed grade II monument was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. It is in a high Victorian ...
This sculpture was first installed in 2003, just outside this station, in what is now named Hope Square, when it looked very different, c...
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