1831 1907
William Whiteley
{On ribbon:}
labora et vive {Latin for: work and live}
{At lower right:}
Geo. Frampton RA, 1915
KT12, Whiteley Village
The Listing text says the statue and the relief are of copper, not the more usual bronze. The front of the plinth below the seated lady supports (top to bottom): the relief; the plaque; the foundation stone. The biographical plaque is on the back.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Whiteley - bust
Entrepreneur and founder of Whiteley's department store on Queensway, now Whi...
A retirement village created with a bequest from William Whiteley. A charitab...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Whiteley - bust
Sculptor. Born at 91 Brook Street, Lambeth. Died at home at 91 Carlton Hill,...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
William Whiteley - bust
This foundation stone was laid by the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Art...
William Whiteley, the founder of this Trust, was born at Agbrigg, Yorks on th...
Maybe on an overcast day it would be possible to photograph the north facing ...
The poetry on the base of the statue is from Donne’s 1613 poem ‘Good Friday—Riding Westward’. That on the shoulder is from 'A Letter to ...
Building designed by Sidney R. J. Smith. The roundel is in the spandrel of the main ground floor window. The Ornamental Passions pag...
The Alamy photo of the unveiling is dated 30 May 1925 and captioned: "A bust of Adelaide Stoll, mother of music hall impresario Sir Oswal...
This bust, erected 200 years after O'Higgins left Richmond, was designed by Echenique (the plinth and setting presumably) but, according ...
Ornamental Passions have a good post on this memorial, saying that Lamb is shown in his school uniform and that Reynolds-Stephens designe...
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