In Memoriam
Rosetta Sotheran died July 5th 1892
The book-selling business set up by her husband still trades as Sotheran's Rare Books and Prints at 2-5 Sackville Street, less than 100 yards away from this fountain.
W1, Piccadilly
Standing in Piccadilly one sees 4 memorials on the wall: from left to right: Sotheran Fountain, Garden, Lyttelton Fountain, Railings. There are 3 more memorials in the garden.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sotheran Fountain
Andrew Behan has researched Sotheran: Rosetta Sarah Ann Hunot was born on 3 J...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Sotheran Fountain
The railings erected to commemorate the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II w...
The garden in this bomb damaged site was given by Viscount Southwood to comme...
{Carved in the marble surface at the back:} Erected to the memory of H. Hayhill by his friends in HM Exchequer and Audit Dept. 1882.
A cherub stands atop the fountain clutching a dolphin which appears capable of spouting water but was not obliging on our visit. This fo...
The date of erection comes from Ian Visits.
This corner is well-supplied with water. To the left of our photo, closer to the flower stall there is a granite horse trough, very simil...
We usually try and find an attractive detail for our close-up picture but we failed on this fountain; its design was rather austere, for ...
