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Bust

President Lincoln bust - Royal Exchange

Erection date: 1930

Inscription

{Inscribed on the red granite plinth:}
Lincoln by Andrew O'Connor
Presented to the Gresham Committee by the Lincoln Committee 1930

{Inscribed into the stone on the left side:}
Lincoln by O'Connor

Site: President Lincoln bust - Royal Exchange (1 memorial)

EC3, Royal Exchange Buildings, Royal Exchange

Easily missed, this bust was brought to our attention by . It's at the eastern entrance to the Royal Exchange building.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
President Lincoln bust - Royal Exchange

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Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the USA. Born Kentucky. Assassinated while watching a very ...

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President Lincoln bust - Royal Exchange

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Gresham Committee

Gresham College (founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham) is fin...

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Lincoln Committee

Active in 1930.  Trying to research this we found a number of "Lincoln Commit...

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Andrew O'Connor

Sculptor.  Born USA, not to be confused with his father also a sculptor with ...

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