Caxton Hall - head 2 - Caxton
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
Normally both Chaucer and Caxton are shown with full beards but the facial hair on head number 6 looks slightly more like Chaucer's, whic...
1 subject commemorated
Caxton Hall - head 6 - Chaucer
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
This could equally well be Caxton (they are both always shown with this headgear, full beard and moustache) but the lack of sideburns see...
1 subject commemorated
Caxton Hall - head 5 - unidentified
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
Caxton Hall - head 8 - unidentified
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
Caxton Hall - head 1 - Milton
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
But look at head 8 too, that's also a candidate for Milton.
1 subject commemorated
Caxton Hall - head 4 - unidentified
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
Possibly John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester. His hat is spot on (possibly standard bishop-wear at the time) and although Fisher is normal...
Caxton Hall - head 3 - Shakespeare
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
1 subject commemorated
Caxton Hall - head 7 - Bacon
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
1 subject commemorated
ICI - 2 - Mendeleeff
SW1, Millbank, 9, Imperial Chemical House
For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Henry Tate
SW2, Effra Road, Brixton Tate Library
The inscribed day of death, 8, is consistently contradicted by other sources which give 5. The inscription on the rear of the plinth is a...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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