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Spencer Compton Cavendish

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
1833 - Cannes, France 1908
British statesman
(Wikipedia)

Herbert Hampton
Singer / Morris Singer / William Morris (London)
1909-10

Description

Bronze statue of the Duke in his Garter robes, on a pedestal of Darley Dale stone with the Cavendish coat of arms.

London - Spencer Compton Cavendish

Inscription(s)

spencer compton
eighth duke
of
devonshire
k.g.
born 1833. died 1908

Signature

Herbert Hampton Sc. 1910
Singer's Founders | Frome

Sculptor

Herbert Hampton (Haddesdon, Herts. 1862 - 1929), British sculptor and painter (Mapping of Sculpture).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of Westminster.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 212-213.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 39.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 19-20.

Locatie (N 51°30'17" - W 0°7'35") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo028; Photograph: 3 August 2014
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