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...
There is another trough with the same inscription further west along the road.
We love the elaborately correct use of English: "... in the acquisition of wh...
The Latin quotation is interesting. It is from the Bible, Proverbs 3;16, and...
