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section extending over more than two Sites have also been selected for statues months, and having been handed over from (a) of Sir Henry Irving, north of the National one vivisector to another until death came Portrait Gallery, Charing Cross Road ; to his release." (6) of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, in the Victoria

90. Statue of Lord Strathnairn, Knights- Embankment Gardens. The new " Paul's- bridge. I am unable to supply the exact Cross " will also be dominated by a colossal date of the erection of this spirited eques- bronze statue of St. Paul.

trian statue by the late E. Onslow Ford. I shall be very grateful if readers will

91. Tate Memorial, Brixton. This me- kindly supply missing dates of inaugura- morial consists of a bronze bust on a pedestal tion or unveiling. As far as I know, I of the late Sir Henry Tate. It stands in have supplied them wherever I possess the library garden, and was unveiled by them. The names of any statues or me- Mr. Evan Spicer, 11 Oct., 1905. morials I may have missed will also be

92. Statue of Henry Fawcett, Vauxhall acceptable. I should welcome particu- Park. The site of the house long occupied lars concerning the fate of the following by the late Rt. Hon. Henry Fawcett is in- statues, which once existed in the places eluded in the open space known as Vauxhall named :

Park. Here was set up in 1893 a terra- George I., Grosvenor Square.

cotta statue of the blind statesman, the gift Charles II., Soho Square.

of Sir Henry Doulton. George III., Berkeley Square.

93. Carabiniers' Memorial, Chelsea Em- Duke of Cumberland, Cavendish Square bankment. This commemorates the officers (see 9 S. ii. 528).

and men of the 6th Dragoon Guards who Duke of Marlborough, Marlborough

fell in South Africa. Unveiled by Lord Square (see 7 S. x. 214).

Roberts, 23 June, 1906. Duke of Wellington, Tower Green.

94. Statue of Thomas Carlyle, Chelsea Concerning the George IV. statue at Embankment. This stands not far from Battle Bridge see 7 S. ix. 508; x. 58, 131, the house in which Carlyle died, 24, Cheyne 213.

Row. It was unveiled by Prof. Tyndall, Does the statue of (?) Alfred the Great 26 Oct., 1882. On the front of the house still stand in Trinity Square, Southwark (see itself is a marble medallion of Carlyle, the 8 S. viii. 85, 230), and that of Lord Eldon gift of the Carlyle Society. It was inaugu- at Wandsworth Road Schools ? rated on the fifth anniversary of his death, The statue of Henry Peto which I saw in 5 Feb., 1886. Furnival's Inn in 1890 has, I understand,,

95. Rossetti Memorial Fountain, Chelsea been broken up, being simply a plaster Embankment. Erected opposite the house cast.

which Rossetti rented from 1863 until his i s the statue of Robert Aske still to be death at Birchington in 1882. Unveiled see n at Hoxton ? and that of James Hulbert by Mr. Holman Hunt, 14 July, 1887. at Newington ?

96. Statue of Sir Hans Sloane, Chelsea The statues of Edward VI. and Sir John Physic Garden. Erected by the Apothe- Moore from Christ's Hospital are, I believe, caries' Society at a cost of 280Z., about the removed to Horsham.

year 1737. Is the statue of William III. presented

97. Bust of Sir Joseph Paxton, Crystal b the Kaiser yet placed ? The King ap- Palace. This tremendous creation some prove d a site near Kensington Palace last 8 or 9 ft. high, the work of Mr. F. W. Wood- February.

ington, was set up on the Terrace in 1869, Ligts of the London statu es, &c., appear and removed thence to the Parade in 1899. in H dn > s Dictionary of Dates' ; Timbs's Perhaps however, it is too far out to be Curiosities of London >. < Murray's Guide classified under London statues. to London'; Bohn's 'Pictorial Hand-

Since the MS. of this list was prepared book of London ' ; 'The Picture of Lon- there have been erected (a) a memorial don ; The Citizens Pocket Chronicle'; to Dr. Barnardo at the Girls' Home, Barking- ( Dickens s Dictionary of London ; Hart side, unveiled by the Duchess of Albany on Guide to the Sights of London, &c. 19 June ; (6) a colossal bronze statue of See also The Mirror, 15 Sept., 1838 ; Queen Alexandra in the grounds of the Illustrated London News, 19 July, 1862 ; London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, un- andPoM Mall Gazette, 22 May, 1882. veiled by the Earl of Crewe, Colonial JOHN T. PAGE.

Secretary, 10 July. I Lon S Itchington, Warwickshire.