Gilbert's "Eros" in Piccadilly Circus

London

[Note the horse-drawn omnibus in the foreground]

Image and text scanned by Nathalie Chevalier.

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The triangle in the centre of the Circus, is occupied by a Memorial Fountain to Lord Shaftesbury, by Alfred Gilbert, A.R.A., unveiled in 1893, and adorned with eight plaques of scenes from the philanthropist's life. [text accompanying photograph in original]

Bibliography

The volume containing these images by an unidentified photographer bears the imprint "With H. and C. F. Feist's compliments" but no name, date, or place of publication, though the Feists were dealers in port wine, and Plate 30 demonstrates that the photograph must have been taken after 1902, and John R. Mendel offers evidence that it dates before mid-1906 [GPL].

Last modified 7 November 2003