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Title
Library Roundels (Braithwaite Hall Frieze)
Date
1896
Medium
Portland stone
Accession number
CR9_ML_S169
Acquisition method
commissioned by Croydon Town Council
Work type
Relief
Owner
Croydon London Borough Council
Custodian
Croydon London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing date
19/11/73
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed relief text above window pediments: HALLEY, NEWTON, NAPIER / BACON, LOCKE, DARWIN / SCOTT, TILLOTSON, MACAULEY / CHAUCER, SHAKESPERE (sic), TENNYSON / WREN, PURCELL, REYNOLDS