This bust is a 20th-century replica after Louis-François Roubiliac, 1757.
NW1, Euston Road, The British Library
All the sculptures are inside the main building.
See Father Jellicoe for the Gilbert Bayes finials, some of which are/were on display in the BL.
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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Robert Cotton
Antiquarian and politician. Born Robert Bruce Cotton in Denton, Huntingdonshi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Robert Cotton
Sculptor. Born Lyon. Made his reputation in 1749 with the tomb of the Duke of...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Sir Robert Cotton
This inscription is opposite the entrance, below the Shakespeare statue.
This bust is a 20th-century replica after Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.
This bust is a 20th-century replica after Anne Seymour Damer, 1814.
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