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Sculpture

Penny wall

Enlarged imagery from the 'penny' has been used on the cladding of the station's east and west external facades. This is difficult to photograph but you can see some of it here.

Site: Dead man's penny (2 memorials)

SW18, Crossrail Path, Woolwich Crossrail station

The Oeuvre Nationale le Souvenir Belge is possibly the Belgian equivalent of the British Dead man's penny.

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

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Edward Carter Preston

Artist, renowned as a sculptor and medallist.  Born, and died, in Liverpool. ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Penny wall

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Dead Man's Penny

Dead Man's Penny

{One side of the information panel:} Royal Arsenal History Next of Kin Memor...

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Nearby Memorials

St Mary Abbots - girl

St Mary Abbots - girl

W8, Kensington Church Walk, St Mary Abbots Primary School

The net seems undecided how many 't's there are in Abbotts, but the school has settled on just one. The school's history page provides t...

1 subject commemorated
Limehouse basin model

Limehouse basin model

E14, Limehouse Dock quayside, Harbour Masters Office

This Harbour Masters Office has a rather nice 6-sided pagoda-like from. The model of the basin is on the mini-me brick pedestal. It doesn...

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
Caryatid - left

Caryatid - left

SE16, Southwark Park

A nearby information board informs: The Caryatides of Rotherhithe Old Town Hall Designed and constructed {* see our note below} by Henry...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Royal Observatory - South Building weather vane

Royal Observatory - South Building weather vane

SE10, Royal Observatory, South Building

The weather vane is modelled on the Henri Grace à Dieu. The building was completed in September 1896 and this weather vane was added the ...

1 subject commemorated
Gatehouse Square, Southwark

Gatehouse Square, Southwark

SE1, Gatehouse Square, parking area to the south

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3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators