Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)
Richard Green (1803–1863)

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A seated figure of Green shown in relaxed pose with his Newfoundland dog, Hector, sitting at his feet, the dog's head resting on its master's left knee. The features of Green's face were modelled from a death mask. The Poplar Hospital which he assisted, and the Sailors' Home which he founded, stood near the site of his statue outside the Poplar Baths and Laundries. Green's death was noted in the Illustrated London News as 'little less than a calamity'. The dog's right ear is missing. According to newspaper reports, in 1967, 10–year-old Patrick Heneghan, of Huddart Street, Bow, went to the swimming baths with friends. They threw his swimming trunks onto the statue. He climbed up to rescue them and his leg became trapped between the dog and the statue of Green.

Title

Richard Green (1803–1863)

Date

1865

Accession number

E14_AM_S616

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

Statue

Owner

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Custodian

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

19th May 1866

Listing date

19/07/50

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

signed on the self base underneath the dog's leg: EDWARD W. WYON / SCULPTOR. 1865; signed on the self base underneath Green's right leg: HENRY PRINCE & COMPY / Statue Foundry. Southwark

Inscription description

raised letters to the front of the plinth: RICHARD GREEN / 1866

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Located at

East India Dock Road,

E14 6DA

Located outside the old Poplar Baths.