This bust is a 20th-century replica after Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.
NW1, Euston Road, The British Library
All the sculptures are inside the main building.
See Father Jellicoe for the Gilbert Bayes finials, some of which are/were on display in the BL.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Hans Sloane - British Library
Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Ch...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Hans Sloane - British Library
Also known as John Michael or Johannes Michel or Jan Michiel Rysbrach or Rijs...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Sir Hans Sloane - British Library
This inscription is opposite the entrance, below the Shakespeare statue.
This bust is a 20th-century replica after Anne Seymour Damer, 1814.
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