Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)
Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)
Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)
Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)
Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)
Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)
Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)
Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)
Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)

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A statue of a bespectacled Fenner Brockway on a large stone plinth on a slightly larger square block. He is wearing a suit and tie with his jacket shoulder hitched up as he waves his right arm in the air, and he is clutching a pile of books.
Title

Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)

Date

1985

Medium

bronze & marble

Accession number

NW1_CRH_S067

Acquisition method

commissioned by Greater London Council

Work type

Statue

Custodian

London Borough of Camden Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

25th July 1985

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

Garden opening times.

Inscription description

west face with incised letters: FENNER BROCKWAY / PRESIDENT OF LIBERATION / BORN 1 NOVEMBER 1888 / DIED 28 APRIL 11 1988 / ERECTED BY THE GLC IN HONOUR OF HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS FOR PEACE AND RACIAL EQUALITY / 25 JULY 1985; east face with incised letters: REINSTATED 1988 BY IRENE CHAMBERLAIN / AND OTHERS IN MEMORY OF / W.J. CHAMBERLAIN AND ALL OPPONENTS / OF WAR / AND ALSO OF JOAN HYMANS; on edge of stone plinth in incised letters: Walters

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Located at

Red Lion Square Gardens, Holborn

WC1R 6NY

Located near the western end to the gardens.