Morley opened this building. With the pupil-less eyes this looks like a death mask in contrast to the sighted Raikes' keystone on the east side of the building.
Look this up on Google Street View and all you see on the keystone is a blur - face recognition strikes!
EC1, Edward Street, Nomura House
Brought to our attention by Ornamental Passions.
This building was designed by Sir Henry Tanner and built for the General Post Office in 1889-95.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Arnold Morley keystone
Barrister, Liberal MP, Postmaster General 1892-5. From Ornamental Passions: ...
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...
Raikes was the Postmaster General who commissioned this building for the General Post Office. This portrait keystone was brought to our a...
Our researches have drawn a blank. This looks to us like a death mask, or Churchill with his eyes shut which seems unlikely. Faces on key...
His ringlets are formed by coins. Loose copies of an old penny are placed at the bottom corners: head (a young Victoria) at the left, tai...
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...
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