W6, Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith Carnegie Library
Milton sitting on the left; Shakespeare on the right; Carnegie's cartouche is inside the porch, above the door.
Erected in 1905, Carnegie Legacy confirms that, as for the Islington Library, the architect was Henry Hare and the sculptor was Schenck.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare statue - Hammersmith
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare statue - Hammersmith
Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he move...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare statue - Hammersmith
This building is commonly known as the Royal Academy (of Arts). The wings of the building are occupied by a number of learned societies, ...
The statue (next to a lamppost), comprises a (ghost of a) pilgrim father, looking over the shoulder of a small Bermondsey boy from about ...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
There are two plaques on the blue bench behind the statues: Plaque 1: The characters for this Portrait Bench chosen by your community ce...
Unusually the model for this statue is known: Webber. Our thanks to his great grandson, Simon North, for letting us know.
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