Erection date: 1886
{Below the relief bust:}
Erected to the memory of Henry Fawcett by his grateful countrywomen.
{Signed:}
Mary Grant, Sc. 1886.
{Below the rim of the fountain's bowl:}
Fortiter, Fideliter, Feliciter
{In the cartouche above the bust:}
1886 AD
Bronze. The delightful dolphin spout is very similar to that at St Dunstan's. The initials H and F appear to either side of the dolphin.
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry Fawcett
Economist, politician and educational reformer. Born Salisbury. Blinded in a ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Henry Fawcett
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