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Monument to Sir Walter Besant

Frampton, George (1860 - 1928) (Sculptor)

Memorial panel to Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), bronze, George Frampton, 1903.

1902 - 1903

SIR WALTER BESANT / NOVELIST / HISTORIAN OF LONDON / SECRETARY OF THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND / ORIGINATOR OF THE PEOPLE S PALACE / AND / FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / BY / HIS GRATEFUL BRETHREN IN LITERATURE / BORN 14TH AUGUST 1836 = DIED 9TH JUNE, 1901'GEO:FRAMPTON / 1902