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Keir Hardie

James Keir Hardie, Sr.
Newhouse, North Lanarkshire 1856 - Glasgow 1915
Scottish socialist and labour leader
(Wikipedia)

Benno Schotz
1939/2006

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

JAMES
KEIR HARDIE
1856-1915
first chair and leader
of the parliamentary
labour party 1906
unveiled to commemorate the
centenary of the
parliamentary labour party 2006
by the current chair
ANN CLWYD mp

JAMES
KEIR HARDIE
1856-1915
cadeirydd ac arweinydd cyntaf y
blaid lafur seneddol 1906
dadorchuddiwyd gan y
cadeirydd presennol
ANN CLWYD as
yn 2006 i ddathlu'r camlwyddiant

Signed: Benno Scholtz 1939

Annotation

Copy of the bust in Canning Town, London.

Sculptor

Benno Schotz (Arensburg, Estonia 1891 - Glasgow 1984), Scottish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project Database.
University College for the Creative Arts, VADS (Visual Arts Data Service).

Locatie (N 51°42'45" - W 3°26'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwa040; Photograph: 24 July 2012
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