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Title
The Greek Runner
Date
1879
Medium
bronze & Portland stone
Accession number
W6_JF_S001
Acquisition method
gift of the family of W. B. Richmond
Work type
Statue
Owner
Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
Custodian
Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
14/02/85
Access
time restrictions apply
Signature/marks description
WB RICHMOND 1879
Inscription description
THIS STATUE / REPRESENTING A GREEK RUNNER / WAS DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY / SIR WILLIAM BLAKE RICHMOND / K.C.B.R.A. WHO LIVED AND WORKED MANY YEARS IN THE PARISH / IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE HAMMERSMITH BOROUGH COUNCIL BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS ERECTED IN THIS SQUARE AS A MEMORIAL TO / HIM BY THE BOROUGH COUNCIL / JULY 1926