1831 1907
William Whiteley
{On ribbon:}
labora et vive {Latin for: work and live}
{At lower right:}
Geo. Frampton RA, 1915
KT12, Whiteley Village
The Listing text says the statue and the relief are of copper, not the more usual bronze. The front of the plinth below the seated lady supports (top to bottom): the relief; the plaque; the foundation stone. The biographical plaque is on the back.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Whiteley - bust
Entrepreneur and founder of Whiteley's department store on Queensway, now Whi...
A retirement village created with a bequest from William Whiteley. A charitab...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Whiteley - bust
Sculptor. Born at 91 Brook Street, Lambeth. Died at home at 91 Carlton Hill,...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
William Whiteley - bust
This foundation stone was laid by the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Art...
William Whiteley, the founder of this Trust, was born at Agbrigg, Yorks on th...
Maybe on an overcast day it would be possible to photograph the north facing ...
The east face is framed with pilasters each side, decorated with emblems of "war" to the left and "peace" to the right. Carved in the sto...
We could not get close enough to take easily legible photographs and initially read the dates as '1957' but given that Normansfield close...
The spaces between the first and second floor windows carry carved brick panels, one in each of the seven bays. Purely decorative panels ...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
The busts are on the keystones of the library first floor window arches, numbered left to right. Ornamental Passions has posted about th...
