Site: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain (2 memorials)
W1, St George Street, 6-7, Sotheby's
This identification of the statues on front of this building is only tentative, suggested by Ornamental Passions.
W1, St George Street, 6-7, Sotheby's
This identification of the statues on front of this building is only tentative, suggested by Ornamental Passions.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Isabella
Queen of Castile and León. Married to Ferdinand. Together they financed Chris...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Isabella
Sculptor. Born in London as Fritz Roselieb, changed his name when he joined t...
The bronze statue depicts the Queen as she would have looked when she started her reign, in 1837, and when the square was first laid out,...
The 1905 building is by Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards. All the extensive decorative sculpture work is by Henry Poole and has a nautica...
The sculptor has a page about this statue and its creation with some interesting photos.
Unveiled by George VI and we thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling. Everyone who was a...
The statue was erected in Henry's lifetime puts him in a select club - see Fenner Brockway statue.
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