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Bust

Willesden Library - Shakespeare

Erection date: 1894

We think that hiding below hundreds of layers of whitewash is a fine relief bust of Shakespeare. This is at the top of the pargeting (decorative plasterwork) in the pediment.

Site: Willesden Library (3 memorials)

NW10, High Road, 95, Willesden Green Old Library Building

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Willesden Library - Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare

Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Willesden Library - Shakespeare

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Marcus Garvey - Willesden Library

Marcus Garvey - Willesden Library

The bust was unveiled on Garvey's 129th birthday, and is now inside a glass c...

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Willesden Library - 1894

Willesden Library - 1894

Willesden Green Library was established in 1894 following a poll of the ratep...

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