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John Donne

London 1572 - London 1631
English poet and a cleric in the Church of England
(Wikipedia)

Nigel Boonham
2012

Description

Bronze bust. The circular baseplate is shaped as a compass, with on the edge the inscription:
This day, when my Soul's form bends to the East. Hence is't that I am carried towards the West.
(the words East and West are below the agreeing compass points).

The plinth is also placed on a compass, with on the cardinal points the texts:

(west) reader Lincoln's Inn.
(south) married Anne More of Losely.
(east) birthplace Bread Street.
(north) N dean St Paul's Cathedral

Inscription(s)

JOHN
DONNE
poet and devine
1572 - 1631

Signature

CITY OF LONDON
2012
Alderman Robert Hall Patron
Nigel Boonham FRBS Sculptor
Andrew Whittle Lettering

Sculptor

Nigel Boonham, British sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of London.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 209.

Locatie (N 51°30'47" - W 0°5'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo135; Photograph: 7 August 2014
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