Erection date: 1821
{On the base of the statue:}
COADE LAMBETH 1821
EC2, St Botolph’s Church Hall, Bishopsgate
This building was originally the School House, begun in 1821 by Sir William Rawlins.
From we learn that: Many layers of paint were removed from the statues and they are now kept inside the building, behind glass. The statues in the niches are replicas.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Botolph’s - charity boy
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Botolph’s - charity boy
A ceramic material called an artificial stone, and created by Mrs Eleanor Coa...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Botolph’s - charity boy
The statue was first erected in front of the Royal Exchange, about where Peabody now is. Spitalfields Life have a photo of it there c.191...
Not bronze but a resin which Copnall coloured to simulate bronze. More photos and information at Ornamental Passions.
At first sight one would think this statue was created shortly after WW1 rather than in 2009.
This monument, now lost, was paid for by public subscription. This photo comes from the BBC, where it is captioned: "The life-size bronze...
We are not convinced by the derivation of Horselydown. Horses don't lie down to rest, do they? We imagine this horse is named Jacob after...
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