Sir Hans Sloane

Bust

Sir Hans Sloane - British Library

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

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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Sir Hans Sloane - British Library

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Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Ch...

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Michael Rysbrack

Also known as John Michael or Johannes Michel or Jan Michiel Rysbrach or Rijs...

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Opening of the British Library

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

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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 Joseph Banks - British Library

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

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