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Louisa Aldrich-Blake

Chingford, Essex 1865 - 1925
British surgeon; one of the first British women to enter the world of medicine
(Wikipedia)

Arthur G. Walker
1926

Description

Monument with two identical bronze busts of Louisa Adrich-Blake. The text on the plinth is on both sides also identical, except for the quote at the end.

London - Louisa Aldrich-Blake

Inscription(s)

LOUISA
BRANDETH
ALDRICH-BLAKE
d.b.e. m.d. m.s.
1865-1925

Dean of the London
(Royal Free Hospital)
School of Medicine
for Women
1914-1925

Consulting Surgeon
Royal Free Hospital
1919-1925

Surgeon to the
Elizabeth Garrett
Anderson
Hospital
1895-1925

(park side):
The path of the just
is as the shining light

(street side):
Glorious is the fruit
of good labour

London - Louisa Aldrich-Blake

Sculptor

Arthur George Walker RA (Hackney, London 1861 - 1939), English sculptor and painter (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in Camden.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 241.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 180-181.

Locatie (N 51°31'28" - W 0°7'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo115; Photograph: 7 August 2014
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