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Title
Hodge
Date
1997
Medium
bronze & Portland stone
Measurements
H 50 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 100 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
EC4A_AY_S060
Acquisition method
Dr Johnson's House Trust, and Richard Caws (the Crown Estates Commissioner)
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
24th September 1997
Access
at all times
Inscription description
engraved on east side: HODGE; on plaque: HODGE/ "a very fine cat indeed" / belonging to / SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709–1784) / of Gough Square / "Sir, when a man is tired of London / he is tired of life: for there is in / London all that life can afford" / "The chief glory of every people / arises from its authours " / The efforts of Mrs. Ann Pembroke, Deputy, Corporation of London / representative, Dr.Johnson's House Trust, are gratefully acknowledged / in the ability to associate this memorial with / Dr.Johnson and the English language"; on west side: "CASTIGAVIT ET EMENDAVIT" / H.W.FOWLER'S TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF / MAJOR BYRON F.CAWS / IN THE PREPARATION OF THE / CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY. / EFFECTED BY HIS GRANDSON, RICHARD BYRON CAWS, CVO,CBE,FRICS. / SEPTEMBER 1997; on the book on which the cat sits: DICTIONARY
