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Old Royal Naval College (SE10, Greenwich)
(Cutty Sark Gardens 2)

Sir Walter Raleigh

Devon c. 1554 - London 1618
English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer
(Wikipedia)

William McMillan
1959

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

SIR
WALTER
RALEIGH

1552
1618

Annotation

Unveiled 28 October 1959 in Whitehall by the US Ambassador John Hay Whitney at the commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the discovery of Virginia.
Moved to this site in 2001 as it was out of scale with other statues which had since been erected nearby, it was replaced with the statue of Lord Alanbrooke

Sculptor

William McMillan (Aberdeen 1887 - 1970), Scottish scuptor (Mapping of Sculpture).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in Greenwich.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 306-307.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 328.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 198-199.
Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project Database.

Locatie (N 51°28'59" - W 0°0'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo183; Photograph: 22 October 2015
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