Monument to Edward Onslow Ford

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Edward Onslow Ford
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Monument to Edward Onslow Ford
Artist John William Simpson and Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
Completion datec. 1901
Subject Edward Onslow Ford
Location London
Coordinates 51°31′55″N0°10′38″W / 51.5319°N 0.1771°W / 51.5319; -0.1771
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMonument to Edward Onslow Ford,including Pair of Lamp Standards
Designated9 January 1970
Reference no.1066531

The Monument to Edward Onslow Ford is a Grade II listed monument on Abbey Road in St John's Wood, London, near Ford's former home. Onslow Ford was himself a sculptor and would produce many memorials and monuments in his own lifetime. [1]

The monument was erected around 1901 unveiled by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, with artists such as John William Simpson and Andrea Carlo Lucchesi involved in the design. It takes the form of a Portland stone obelisk with bronze detailing including a relief bust of Onslow Ford by Lucchesi and on the obverse side a copy of Ford's Muse taken from his Shelley Memorial by Simpson. The monument is listed alongside the two ornamented lamps to either side. [2] An inscription on the monument reads 'To thine own self be true', a quote from Hamlet . [3]

Ford was a member of the New Sculpture movement, with strong influences from Alfred Gilbert. The memorial was set up by friends, colleagues and admirers with whom Ford was popular. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Monument to Edward Onslow Ford,including Pair of Lamp Standards, Non Civil Parish – 1066531 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Matthews, Peter (2012). London's statues and monuments. Shire library. Oxford: Shire Publications. pp. 205–206. ISBN   978-0-7478-0798-8.
  3. ↑ Baker, Margaret (2002). Discovering London statues and monuments. Discovering series (5. ed., revised and updated ed.). Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. pp. 107–108. ISBN   978-0-7478-0495-6.
  4. ↑ Darke, Jo (1991). The monument guide to England and Wales: a national portrait in bronze and stone. London: Macdonald Illustrated. p. 66. ISBN   978-0-356-17609-3.
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