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Title
Memorial to Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst
Date
1930 & 1959
Medium
Portland stone & bronze
Measurements
H 215 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 200 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
SW1_MRF_S035
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Owner
Westminster City Council
Custodian
Westminster City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
6th March 1930 & 13th July 1959
Listing date
05/02/70
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
on the self-base on the left side: A.G.WALKER A.R.A. / 1930 (the first three letters in the form of a monogram); on the self-base of the statue, at back: A.B. BURTON / FOUNDER; on the roundel portrait, under the truncation of the neck: HILLS
Inscription description
on the front of the pedestal): EMMELINE / PANKHURST / 1858 / 1928; on paving stone at the foot of the pedestal: THIS STATUE OF / EMMELINE PANKHURST / WAS ERECTED / AS A TRIBUTE TO / HER COURAGEOUS / LEADERSHIP OF THE / MOVEMENT FOR THE / ENFRANCHISEMENT / OF WOMEN; below the roundel portrait, carved in the stone: DAME / CHRISTABEL / PANKHURST / D.B.E. L.L.R. / 1881–1958; on the outside face of the right-hand pier: These Walls and Piers have / been erected in Memory of / Dame Christabel Pankhurst, who jointly with her mother / Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst / inspired and led the / Militant Suffrage Campaign; below the roundel with the Badge, carved in the stone: W.S.P.U. / PRISONERS’ / BADGE / 1905–1914; on the outside face of the left-hand pier: Replica of the Badge, a Broad / Arrow on the Westminster / Arms, given by the Women’s / Social and Political Union / to over 1000 Women who / suffered imprisonment for / Women’s Enfranchisement
