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
The sculptor's name is inscribed on the stone below the feet.
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
This is one of only a handful of statues in London unveiled while the subject was still alive. The others are listed at Fenner Brockway.
This building is commonly known as the Royal Academy (of Arts). The wings of the building are occupied by a number of learned societies, ...
{Front of plinth:} Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born Salzburg 27th January 1759, died Vienna 5th December 1791. {Plaque on rear of plinth:}...
Although very simple this is a quality plaque. The text is carved in a serif typeface and the red triangle is neatly made with small segm...
Quoted from Chapter 3 of Little Dorrit.
Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu conceived the idea behind Operation Mincemeat and carried it out. He joined the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve (RAFVR) in 1939 and was commissioned as a pilot offi...
The chemical factory was built in 1893 by Brunner Mond. In 1915 the War Office took over part of it (the northern section, we think, where Banyan Court now is) to produce TNT in what was known to b...
We were curious as to why this Corporation of the City of London plaque differs so much from their usual blue and gold design. We contact...
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