Erection date: 23/10/1953
{Inscribed on stone plinth:}
Livingstone
In Kensington Gore façade, on right of picture. The unveiling ceremony is detailed here (thanks to Jamie Davis for the link).
SW7, Kensington Gore, Royal Geographic Society
Ornamental Passions's post had good photos of the statues. Apparently cabbies call this "hot and cold corner" (think about it). The room behind is the lecture hall.
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Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasg...
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Born Aberdeen. Winner of the Prix de Rome. Other work in London includes the ...
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On this site there used to be a sister hotel to Hotel Russell, also designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll and erected in 1898. It was demolish...
This statue is surely modelled on the Boehm statue of Drake erected at Tavistock with copies at Plymouth and elsewhere.
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In his right hand he holds an induction coil. The marble original of this statue was made in 1874 and is held by the Royal Institute. Thi...
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