The gift of Marmaduke Langdale, Esq., 1859.
WC2, Endell Street
The arch from the Victorian drinking fountain has been rescued and reused above a modern drinking fountain, which no longer produces water. Not a successful project, functionally or aesthetically.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marmaduke's drinking fountain
Active in 1859. Via JudyGr we found "1794: Langdale Marmaduke & Thomas, D...
Unusually the brass drinking cup on a chain is still attached.
The medallion was sculpted in 1886. Chelsea says: "It appears to be based on a lithograph published in 1885 and held in the National Por...
This is a lovely piece of sculpture. The cut off fluted column possibly indicates the "life cut short" of John Baker Law, but he died age...
2022: Sebastian Bulmer told us about AngloBoerWar which has extensive photographs of this lovely memorial and some good information about...
{Carved in the granite pedestal:} Presented by Emily Bessie Orbell, July 1885.
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