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Statue

Dancer statue

Erection date: /7/1985

Inscription

{Top plaque:}
Jete (1975) by Enzo Plazzotta, unveiled by The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Gowrie, Minister for the Arts, in July 1985.

{Lower plaque:}
Sculpture based on the dancer David Wall and cast by the Morris Singer Foundry Limited.

Site: Dancer statue (1 memorial)

SW1, Millbank, 48

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dancer statue

Subjects commemorated i

David Wall, CBE

Ballet dancer.  Partnered Margot Fonteyn.  A Governor of the Royal Ballet.

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dancer statue

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Lord Gowrie

Alexander Patrick Greysteil Hore-Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, PC, FRSL, was b...

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Enzo Plazzotta

Sculptor. Born at Mestre, near Venice. Worked in London for more than half hi...

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Morris Singer Foundry

Founded by John Webb Singer as the Frome Art Metal Works. Cast many of the be...

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