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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