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Hong Kong Island - 香港島

Statue Square
(皇后像廣場)

Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet

Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, 1844 - 1915
director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
(Wikipedia)

Mario Raggi
1906

Hong Kong Island - 香港島 / Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

in honour of
SIR THOMAS JACKSON, BART.
(1841-1915)
and in grateful recognition of
his eminent services to
the hongkong and shanghai
banking corporation
whose destiny he guided as
chief manager from
1870 to 1902

Annotation

Unveiled on 24 February 1906 by the Governor Sir Matthew Nathan.

Sculptor

Mario Raggi (1821-1907), Italian/English sculptor, active in London (Wikipedia)

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Statue Square.
Liz Chater, The Statues of Statue Square, Hong Kong, July 2009 (PDF on line).

Locatie (N 22°16'51" - E 114°9'35") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: hk002; Photograph: 16 February 2008 / updated: 30 October 2013
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