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Marine Parade

On the Crest of a Wave

Memorial for the corss Channel swimmers

Ray Smith
1995

Description

Two blocks of white Portland stone on a bed of green slate. On the top are profiles of swimmers pushing forward into a rising wave of stone and cut from dark green slate.

Inscription(s)

On the Crest of a Wave
Ray Smith
1995

Dover - On the Crest of a Wave

Sculptor

Ray Smith (1949), British sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

White Cliffs Countryside, Dover Art Trail.
The Dover Historian, Captain Matthew Webb - the first Person to swim the Channel.

Locatie (N 51°7'20" - E 1°18'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbse080; Photograph: 13 August 2015
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