Statues - Hither & Thither

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Uppingham
Rutland
East Midlands

High Street West
(Uppingham School)

Robert Johnson

1541-1625
Archdeacon of Leicester, founder of Uppingham School in 1584
(Wikipedia)

sir George Frampton
1898

Description

Limestone statue.

Annotation

The statue is in the façade of the Victoria Tower of the Classroom Block, facing High Street West.

Sculptor

Sir George James Frampton, RA (London 1860-1928), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Terry Cavanagh and Alison Yarrington, Public sculpture of Leicestershire and Rutland (Liverpool 2000) .
School's website.

Locatie (N 52°35'17" - W 0°43'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbem017; Photograph: 25 October 2009
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