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Opening of the British Library

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Erection date: 25/6/1998

Inscription

This building was opened by Her Majesty the Queen, 25 June 1998.

This inscription is opposite the entrance, below the Shakespeare statue.

Site: British Library memorials (9 memorials)

NW1, Euston Road, The British Library

All the sculptures are inside the main building, mainly in or around the entrance foyer. The Wilson bust is in the south-east corner of the main foyer.

See Father Jellicoe for the Gilbert Bayes finials, some of which are/were on display in the BL lower level.

A plaque near the 4 busts in their brick roundels describes them as "the founders".

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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British Library

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Queen Elizabeth II

Born to the Duke and Duchess of York at 17 Bruton Street where she spent her ...

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Anne Frank - bust

{On the plinth:} Anne Frank, 1929 - 1945, Sculptor Doreen Kern {On a nearby ...

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Dr Walther Model von Thunen

Bust

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Sir Colin St John Wilson

{On a nearby plaque:} Sir Colin St John Wilson RA Celia Scott, 1998 Gift of t...

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Sir Hans Sloane - British Library

This bust is a 20th-century replica after Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.

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Sir Joseph Banks - British Library

This bust is a 20th-century replica after Anne Seymour Damer, 1814.

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