Erection date: 1894
We think that hiding below hundreds of layers of whitewash is a fine relief bust of Shakespeare. This is at the top of the pargeting (decorative plasterwork) in the pediment.
NW10, High Road, 95, Willesden Green Old Library Building
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Willesden Library - Shakespeare
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Willesden Library - Shakespeare
The bust was unveiled on Garvey's 129th birthday, and is now inside a glass c...
Willesden Green Library was established in 1894 following a poll of the ratep...
We double checked the "1881" - that is what is carved, it's not our mistype. She was born September 1880.
We've numbered these heads left to right and identified them ourselves. Do let us know if you think otherwise. The building is very plain...
The building by E. R. Robson was erected for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour, founded in 1831 (the crest in the centre of...
Shakespeare to the left, Milton to the right.
This building, 1896, designed by Ewan Christian, has 18 busts contained in medallions around the top of the facades. Starting at the east...
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