Memorial to Dame Louisa Blake
Gazetteer No. G0418
Date
Address London, Greater London WC1H 9LD England
Description
In TAVISTOCK SQUARE,…In the Gardens, bronze statue of Gandhi, c. 1968 by Fredda Brilliant, and a MEMORIAL to Louisa Aldrich Blake 1925: seat and base by Lutyens, bronze busts by A.G.Walker. (Cherry & Pevsner, 1998, p.327)Memorial seat and busts of Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake. 1926. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and AG Walker. Semicircular stone seat and base by Lutyens. Rising from the centre of the seat back a stone column with, on the back and front, identical bronze busts, holding a book, by Walker and inscribed tablets giving details of her career. On either side a bronze serpent and staff. (Historic England, list entry 1378970)
Bibliography
Historic England.MEMORIAL TO DAME LOUISA ALDRICH BLAKE IN TAVISTOCK SQUARE GARDENS. [Online] Available from: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1378970?section=official-list-entryCherry B & Pevsner N (1998) LONDON 4: NORTH. The Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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