Erection date: 1880
{On the front of the plinth:}
Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, 1780.
This statue was erected under the direction of The Sunday School Union by contributions from teachers and scholars of Sunday schools in Great Britain. July 1880.
{Inscribed below Raikes's right foot:}
Thos. Brock Sculpt.
London 1880
There is a copy of this statue in Gloucester and another in Toronto.
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Robert Raikes statue
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Robert Raikes statue
Sculptor. Born in Worcester. Â Ornamental Passions has some comments on his wo...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
Copy of the statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago (other copies being in Mexico City, Los Angeles and Cambridge, Mass.). This is not the first...
{On the base of the statue:} Herbert Chapman -Â Arsenal Manager 1925 - 1934.
9 foot 5 inches, bronze on a plinth at the centre of a low stepped platform. Unveiled by the Queen.
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them