{on the plinth beneath the feet:}
Dias
{Beneath the lighthouse, on the left:}
1488
Dias rests his right hand on a cross which tops what appears to be a lighthouse. Behind his lower half the niche is carved with some schematic waves on which, to his left, sails a splendid galleon. Carved in situ.
WC2, Trafalgar Square, South African High Commission
Building 1933 by Sir Herbert Baker and Alexander Thomson Scott.
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