Erection date: 1882
{Front of plinth:}
Thomas Carlyle
B Dec 4 1795 at Ecclefechan Dumfriesshire
D Feb 5 1881 at Great Cheyne Row Chelsea
{Right of plinth (‘Fecit’ is Latin for ‘he made it’:}
J.E. Boehm. Fecit
{Rear of plinth:}
H. Young & Co. Founders. Pimlico
SW3, Chelsea Embankment
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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