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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
W.S. Gilbert monument
Sculptor. Born at 91 Brook Street, Lambeth. Died at home at 91 Carlton Hill,...
The cross is granite and is planted in a cairn of granite boulders, many of which have a flat section carved out and a name spelt out in ...
There are several names at the bottom of the memorial which are not in alphabetical order. Presumably these were added after the memorial...
This text is on the north-west face of the stone base to the cross. There was text on at least one other side of the stone but the weath...
The plaque is on the slanted top of the cylinder behind the hedge. On the top of the rather art nouveauy monument in front is a sun-dial...
Unveiled by the Duke of York
