Walter Besant Memorial

Walter Besant Memorial
Artist	George Frampton
Completion date	1904
Subject	Walter Besant
Location	London
Coordinates	51°30′35″N0°07′07″W / 51.5096°N 0.1185°W / 51.5096; -0.1185

The Memorial to Walter Besant is a bronze bas-relief on the Victoria Embankment in London. It is considered peculiar for the presence of eye-glasses on the sculpture, considered the earliest example of it in London. ^[1]

The memorial is dedicated to Walter Besant, a novelist and historian of London. A campaigner for authors' rights, he is among the founders of the Society of Authors, who placed the memorial on the Embankment in 1904. ^[2] Besant also played a role in the creation of the People's Palace in Mile End. ^[3] The memorial is the work of George Frampton.

References

1. Baker, Margaret (2002). Discovering London statues and monuments. Discovering series (5. ed., revised and updated ed.). Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. p. 134. ISBN   978-0-7478-0495-6.
2. Matthews, Peter (2012). London's statues and monuments. Shire Library. Oxford: Shire Publications. p. 57. ISBN   978-0-7478-0798-8.
3. Darke, Jo (1991). The monument guide to England and Wales: a national portrait in bronze and stone. London: Macdonald Illustrated. p. 49. ISBN   978-0-356-17609-3.

External links

• Media related to Walter Besant Memorial, Victoria Embankment at Wikimedia Commons