1836 - W.S. Gilbert - 1911
Playwright & poet. His foe was folly & his weapon wit.
{at the feet of the ladies are:}
Tragedy
Comedy
{on the scroll with the shield beneath - the Latin text translates as "I would rather die than change". :}
Mallem mori quam mutare
{bottom left:}
Geo. Frampton 1914
WC2, Victoria Embankment
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
W.S. Gilbert monument
Playwright, lyricist & poet. Born 17 Southampton Street as William Schwen...
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W.S. Gilbert monument
Sculptor. Born at 91 Brook Street, Lambeth. Died at home at 91 Carlton Hill,...
Around the monument are 8 standing, crowned statues of Eleanor. This is a recreation of one of 12 Eleanor Crosses erected by King Edward ...
Designed by William Butterfield in 1865, this church is considered one of his best works.
These 3 figures are said to be modelled on the soldier poets: Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, and Siegfried Sassoon but the carved faces are...
In the inscription "they gave their lives" is given as a quotation but its source is not obvious. When we visited, in addition to a few ...
Quotations come from John Maxwell Edmonds and Laurence Binyon.
We thank Matt Brown of Londonist for the photo of the plaque, taken in about 2007. Recently both we and Matt have, separately, failed to ...
Essayist. Initially wanted to be a philosopher, then tried painting and then journalism, where he was a success: as a drama reviewer, art critic, political commentator and creating sports writing ...
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