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Title
Robert Raikes (1736–1811)
Date
1880
Medium
bronze & granite
Measurements
H 290 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
WC2N_TJ_S105
Acquisition method
paid for by Mr Wanamaker of Philadelphia, who donated £200, with an additional £1000 contributed by Sunday Schools
Work type
Statue
Owner
Westminster City Council
Custodian
Westminster City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
3rd July 1880
Listing date
24/02/58
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
base on Raikes’s left: THOS BROCK SCULPT / LONDON. 1880.; back at Raikes’s right: DREW & CO. / FOUNDERS
Inscription description
ROBERT RAIKES / FOUNDER OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS / 1780 / THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED / UNDER THE DIRECTION / OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION / BY CONTRIBUTIONS / FROM TEACHERS AND SCHOLARS / OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN GREAT BRITAIN / JULY 1880