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Robert Falcon Scott

Devonport 1868 - Antarctica 1912
British explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions
(Wikipedia)

Kathleen Scott
1915

Description

Bronze statue of Scott dressed for the Antarctic and carrying a ski-stick.

Inscription(s)

ROBERT FALCON SCOTT
CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY
who with four companions
e.a. wilson, h.r. bowers, l.e.g. oates, e. evans
died march 1912 returning from the south pole
'had we lived i should have had a tale to tell
of the hardihood, endurance and courage
of my companions which would have stirred
the heart of every englishman
these rough notes and
our dead bodies must tell the tale.

from scott's diary

ERECTED BY OFFICERS OF THE FLEET

Signature

k scott

Sculptor

Kathleen Scott, born Edith Agnes Kathleen Bruce (Carlton in Lindrick, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, 1878 - 1947), British sculptor, she married the Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Scott in 1908 and secondly with Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, in 1922 (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 97.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 302-303.
London Remembers, Memorials.
Bob Speel, Sculptures at Waterloo Place.
The Victorian Web, The Art of Sculpture in Victorian Britain.

Locatie (N 51°30'24" - W 0°7'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo206; Photograph: 18 March 2019
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