Erection date: 9/9/2012
Nike (pronounced Neekay)
Ancient Greek goddess of victory.
Spirit of the Games sculptor, Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis.
We think the last line of the plaque means that Kougioumtzis is the sculptor of the Spirit of the Games, not, as we first read it that he is, himself, the Spirit of the Games who is also the sculptor.
SE18, Number 1 Street, Main Guardhouse
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Nike Statue - Plaque 2
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Nike Statue - Plaque 2
Sculptor. Born in Drama, Macedonia, Greece. 2018: Versions of his statue of ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Nike Statue - Plaque 2
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The street number is actually on the door in Roman figures, XIV, which is very unusual.
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The high polish meant that we had to photo these plaques at a slant.
The house of Sir Jacob Epstein, sculptor, lived and died here, 1929-1959.
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