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Title
Wilfred Lawson (1829–1906)
Date
1909
Medium
bronze & stone
Measurements
H 275 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 370 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
WC2N_TJ_S107
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Owner
Westminster City Council
Custodian
Westminster City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
20th July 1909
Listing date
24/02/58
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscriptions (on the front of the podium): SIR WILFRID LAWSON BT –: (IN THE PANEL ON THE FRONT OF THE PLINTH): SIR WILFRID LAWSON.BT. / OF BRAYTON, CUMBERLAND. / BORN SEPTEMBER 4.1829. / DIED JULY 1. 1906. / MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT / FOR CARLISLE COCKERMOUTH, CAMBORNE 1859–1906. / PRESIDENT OF THE / UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE / 1879–1906; left side of the plinth: ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS / AND FOLLOWERS IN / LOVING AND GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF HIS / SPLENDID LEADERSHIP / AND OF HIS PURE AND / UNWORLDLY LIFE / JULY 20.1909; right side of the plinth: A TRUE PATRIOT: A WISE / AND WITTY ORATOR: A / VALIANT AND FAR-SEEING / REFORMER / HE SPENT A LONG LIFE / AS THE JOYOUS CHAMPION / OF RIGHTEOUSNESS PEACE FREEDOM TEMPERANCE; on the corner projections of the step-bases of the plinth, front left: PEACE; back left: CHARITY; back right: FORTITUDE; front right: TEMPERANCE