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Funded and commissioned by a specially formed council committee at a cost of £55 4s, the memorial bust was unveiled at Mile End Library, now Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives, on 4th October 1911. Stepney Borough Council, now amalgamated into the present-day London Borough of Tower Hamlets, agreed to maintain the memorial in perpetuity.
Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
London
Title
Stanley Bean Atkinson (1873–1910)
Date
1911
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 46 x W 34.5 x D 31 cm;
Plinth: H 59 x W 36 x D 24 cm
Accession number
LTHL 588
Acquisition method
commisioned by Stepney Borough Council, 1911
Work type
Bust
Inscription description
on front of plinth: STANLEY BEAN / ATKINSON. STEPNEY BOROUGH COUNCILLOR / GUARDIAN OF THE POOR. / JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. / M.A., B.S.C., LONDON. / BORN 1873. / DIED 1910. / ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF / HIS UNSELFISH DEVOTION / TO THE PUBLIC GOOD.
