Monument

Henry Fawcett

Erection date: 1886

Inscription

{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.

Site: Henry Fawcett (1 memorial)

WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry Fawcett

Subjects commemorated i

Henry Fawcett

Economist, politician and educational reformer. Born Salisbury. Blinded in a ...

Read More

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

Created by i

Basil Champneys

Architect. Born Whitechapel. Died at home at 42 Frognal Lane, Hampstead. Wor...

Read More

Mary Grant

Despite her Wikipedia page stating (in 2022) that she was born in 1831, she w...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Machine Gun Corps memorial

Machine Gun Corps memorial

W1, Hyde Park Corner

The statue is of the boy David holding Goliath's sword (the clue is in the size of the sword). The model for this statue used to be on pu...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Finsbury war monument

Finsbury war monument

EC1, Rosebery Avenue, Spa Green Garden

The statue represents winged Victory on orb, lightly draped and holding a laurel wreath in extended left hand. There are bronze crossed l...

5 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Stanley School WW1 memorial

Stanley School WW1 memorial

TW11, Stanley Road, Stanley Primary School

The face on the right (south-facing) has been badly weather-beaten and then it seems the lettering has been renewed but only some of it, ...

War dead | WW1
54 subjects commemorated
W. T. Stead - WC2

W. T. Stead - WC2

WC2, Victoria Embankment

The inscription refers to Stead having worked near this site for 30 years. This was in Catherine Street in the offices of the Pall Mall G...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
St Bartholomew's Hospital - Marian Martyrs

St Bartholomew's Hospital - Marian Martyrs

EC1, West Smithfield, St Bartholomew's Hospital

Being just outside the city walls this was considered a suitable spot for executions. Here more than 60 Protestants were burned at the st...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator