Erection date: 1928
{On the book held by the boy:}
Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. . . .
{on the base:}
Margaret Wrightson, Sc.
The quotation is from Lamb's essay on the old benchers of the Inner Temple.
A 1775 statue was first erected here in 1928 but it was stolen in 1970. The following year this fibreglass copy was erected. It looks to us like a very modern version of a 1775 statue.
EC4, Inner Temple Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Statue of young boy
Born at 2 Crown Office Row, Inner Temple. Studied at Christ's Hospital where ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Statue of young boy
On a genealogical website we found "Margaret Wrightson born 1877, died 1976. ...
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
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See the unveiling and hear Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's speech at ITN Source.
{Front of plinth:} Thomas Carlyle B Dec 4 1795 at Ecclefechan Dumfriesshire D Feb 5 1881 at Great Cheyne Row Chelsea {Right of plinth (...
There are 22 statues on the façade of this building. Each is labelled with his (always 'his') surname. There are 12 at the top up against...
There must be many men who were awarded the VC, posthumously or not, whose birthplaces are not marked with a plaque. Why this one? His fa...
In our photo Daniell's plaque on number 14 is nearest the camera.
Baptist minister and hymnwriter. Born Exeter. His father was appointed minister at Little Wild Street chapel from 1737 so the family moved to London. See Andrew Gifford for the rather unsavoury ...
{At the top, with the crossed laurel leaves:} L.C.C. {In the main area:} Samuel Phelps, 1804 - 1878, tragedian, lived here.
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