{On a shield attached to the plinth:}
The gift of the United Kingdom Temperance & General Provident Institution
{Another shield gives the date:}
1884
We feel the date probably gives a clue to what this substantial fountain was erected to commemorate, but we can't think what. Any ideas?
SW4, The Pavement, Clapham Common
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Temperance
A life insurance company. From FriendsLife: "The UK Total Abstinence Life wa...
Interesting that no artist is named for this sculpture. As far as we can tel...
"1 Thess. 1-3" is a biblical reference, the text of which reads: "Remembering...
{Inscribed in the granite of the north, pavement, side of the plinth:}In affe...
The seated figures represent the three Muses; the standing figures, the three...
