W6, Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith Carnegie Library
Milton sitting on the left; Shakespeare on the right; Carnegie's cartouche is inside the porch, above the door.
Erected in 1905, confirms that, as for the Islington Library, the architect was Henry Hare and the sculptor was Schenck.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Milton statue - Hammersmith
Poet, essayist, playwright, historian, and diplomat. Born in the house called...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Milton statue - Hammersmith
Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he move...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Milton statue - Hammersmith
The 1905 building is by Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards. All the extensive decorative sculpture work is by Henry Poole and has a nautica...
Statue unveiled by James Callaghan when he was foreign secretary.
Ornamental Passions has some comments on this statue.
This sculpture was first installed in 2003, just outside this station, in what is now named Hope Square, when it looked very different, c...
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