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Title
Savoy Hotel Centenary Memorial
Date
1989
Medium
lead & stainless steel
Measurements
H 180 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
WC2N_TJ_S100
Acquisition method
given to London by the Savoy in celebration of its centenary
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Westminster City Council
Custodian
Westminster City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
30th March 1989
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front: TO HONOUR / RICHARD D’OYLY CARTE / PROPRIETOR OF THE SAVOY THEATRE / FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SAVOY HOTEL 1889–1901 / AND HELEN D’OYLY CARTE / RUPERT D’OYLY CARTE CHAIRMAN 1901–1948 / DAME BRIDGET D’OYLY CARTE DBE / VICE CHAIRMAN 1948–1985 / CHAIRMAN OF THE D’OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST / AND THEIR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES / SIR GEORGE REEVES-SMITH / VICE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR 1900–1941 / SIR HUGH WONTNER GBE CVO D LITT JP / CHAIRMAN 1948–1984 AND MANAGING DIRECTOR 1941–1979 / 6 AUGUST 1989 / ANTHONY TUKE CHAIRMAN GILES SHEPARD MANAGING DIRECTOR; around the tank: THIS GARDEN WAS GIVEN TO LONDON BY THE SAVOY IN CELEBRATION OF ITS CENTENARY (Back): FOR EXCELLENCE WE STRIVE OSCAR NEMON, MEMORIAL TO LORD PORTAL; on the armillary sphere: SAVOY CENTENARY 1989 / ‘FOR EXCELLENCE WE STRIVE’ / ‘EVERY SEASON HAS ITS CHEER’ / ‘LIFE IS LOVELY ALL THE YEAR’ / BROOKBRAE LTD, LONDON: FECIT. 1989 / CHRISTOPHER ST J.H. DANIEL: DELINEAVIT