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Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts

Frederick E. E. Schenck (1849–1908)

Islington Central Library

Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts
Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts
Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts
Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts
Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts
Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts
Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts
Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts
Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts
Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts
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The windows are flat-arched and flanked by engaged Ionic columns carrying entablature with double keystone and broken pediment enclosing a cartouche, each carrying a different emblematic female head. There are circular niches with architraves between the brackets and linked to them by festoons, with fascia over all three windows lettered 'ISLINGTON CENTRAL LIBRARY'. There is a statue of Bacon to the first floor, and, to the left, the foundation stone with small flat-arched window above, and first-floor niche with a statue of Spenser.
Title

Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, and Classical Busts

Date

1906

Medium

stone

Accession number

N5_NH_S004

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Islington London Borough Council

Custodian

Islington London Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

16th June 1906

Listing date

29/09/72

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Located at

Islington Central Library,

N5 1PF

Located at the junction with Fieldway Crescent.

Artist or maker

Frederick E. E. Schenck

1849–1908

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