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William Ewart Gladstone

Liverpool 1809 - Hawarden 1898
British Liberal Party statesman and four times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94).
(Wikipedia)

Peter London & Albert Toft
1899/1991

Description

Bronze bust on a gray granite obelisk.

Inscription(s)

GLADSTONE

erected
by public
subscription
1899.

29^th dec^r. 1809
to
19^th may 1898

statesman
orator
scholar

this bust by local sculptor PETER LONDON was erected by public
subscription on august 27th 1991. it replaces the original by
albert tofts which disappeared in 1977

Annotation

William E. Gladstone and his family visited Penmaenmawr on numerous occasions in the second half of the 19th century. The original bust faced down Paradise Road, which William Gladstone opened officially on his last visit in 1896.

Sculptors

Peter London
Albert Toft (Handsworth, Birmingham 1862 - Worthing, Sussex 1949), English sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project Database.
University College for the Creative Arts, VADS (Visual Arts Data Service).
History Points, Gladstone memorial.
Flickr, William Gladstone, Penmaenmawr.

Locatie (N 53°16'6" - W 3°55'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwa130; Photograph: 30 July 2012
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