Bust

Thomas Grenville

This bust is a 20th-century replica after G. B. Comolli, 19th century.

Site: British Library memorials (8 memorials)

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

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thomas Grenville

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Thomas Grenville

Bibliophile and politician. He was commissioned briefly in the Coldstream Gua...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thomas Grenville

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Giovanni Battista Comolli

Italian sculptor. From Wikipedia: After 1816 till about 1820, he moved to Lon...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Anne Frank - bust

Anne Frank - bust

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Opening of the British Library

Opening of the British Library

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Sir Hans Sloane - British Library

Sir Hans Sloane - British Library

This bust is a 20th-century replica after Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.

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Sir Joseph Banks - British Library

Sir Joseph Banks - British Library

This bust is a 20th-century replica after Anne Seymour Damer, 1814.

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