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Saint Saviour

Howard Davis Park

King George V

Sandringham House, Norfolk 1865 - Sandringham House, Norfolk 1936
King of Great-Britain, 1910-1936
(Wikipedia)

Francis Doyle-Jones & William Reid Dick
Singer / Morris Singer / William Morris (London)
1939

Description

Bronze statue of King George V wearing the robes of the Sovereign of the Garter.

Inscription(s)

H.M.
KING
GEORGE
V
1865-1936

Signature

F. Doyle Jones | 1938
cast by | morris-singer c^o | london

Annotation

King George V was a friend of Thomas B.F. Davis, who commissioned the statue and gave the park to the island in memory of his son Howard Leopold, who was killed in the first World War.
The Société Jersiaise and the Island Wiki write that the sculptor was Sir William Reid Dick, however, since is signed by Doyle-Jones, I suppose the statue is made by Doyle-Jones, and after his dead in 1938 finished by Reid.

Saint Saviour - King George V

Sculptors

William Reid Dick (Glasgow 1879 - 1961), Scottish sculptor (Wikipedia).
Francis William Doyle-Jones (Hartlepool, Durham 1873 - Chelsea 1938), Irish sculptor (Biography).

Sources & Information

The island Wiki, Statue of George V.
La Société Jersiaise, Statues and monuments in Jersey.
Louise Downie, St. Helier's Sculpture Trail (PDF on-line).
Jersey Public Sculpture Trust, Public Art in St Helier (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 49°10'50" - W 2°5'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: je17; Photograph: 3 August 2015
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