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Title
George Peabody (1795–1869)
Date
1869
Medium
bronze & granite
Measurements
H 216 x W 163 x D (?) cm
Accession number
EC3V_AY_S016
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
9th July 1869
Listing date
05/06/72
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on north face of granite base: GEORGE PEABODY / 1869; on bronze base in relief: BORN DANVER, MASS., U.S.A., 18TH FEBRUARY 1895 / DIED LONDON ENGLAND 4TH NOVEMBER, 1869 / AMERICAN PHILANTHROPIST AND GREAT BENEFACTOR / OF THE LONDON POOR. / ACCORDED THE HONORARY FREEDOM OF / THE CITY OF LONDON, 10TH JULY 1862. / THIS STATUE BY W.W. STORY WAS UNVEILED ON THE / 23RD JULY, 1869