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David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester 1863 - Llanystumdwy, Wales 1945
British Liberal politician and statesman. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1916-22; Leader of the Liberal Party, 1926-31
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Kathleen Scott
1921

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

Signed: k. scott

Annotation

On 6 August 1921 W.M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, inveiled a statue of Lloyd George in Caernarfon in presence of Dame Margaret Lloyd George representing her husband. Later on the same day in Hughes opened a garden fete in Criccieth invited by Dame Lloyd George, and finally in Llanystumdwy a bust of Lloyd George was unveiled by Mr. Herbert Lewis, in place of Mr. Hughes who had left earlier in the day.

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

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project Database.
University College for the Creative Arts, VADS (Visual Arts Data Service).
Western Daily Press - Monday 8 August 1921 (British Newspaper Archive).

Locatie (N 52°55'18" - W 4°16'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwa109; Photograph: 28 July 2012
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