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Lady Henry Somerset's Children's Fountain

George Edward Wade & Philomena Davidson Davis
1897 (1991)

Description

Bronze statue of a girl - representing Temperance - offering a bowl of water.

Inscription(s)

from children of
the loyal temperance legion
in memory of
work done for the temperance cause by
LADY HENRY SOMERSET
the president
national british womens temperance assoc
incorporated june 1896
i was thirsty and ye gave me drink

Signature

a reproduction by | philomena davidson davis 1999 (?)

Annotation

Unveiled on 29 May 1897 and dedicated to Lady Henry by the Loyal Temperance Legion. Wade's original sculpture for the temperance campaigner's memorial was stolen in 1971; it was replaced by Davis's replica only in 1991.

Sculptors

Philomena Davidson Davis (London 1949), British sculptor
George Edward Wade (London 1853 - 1933), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of Westminster.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
The Victorian Web, Figure on a Drinking Fountain.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 118.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 57.

Locatie (N 51°30'40" - W 0°6'45") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo072; Photograph: 4 August 2014
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