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Lichfield
Staffordshire
West Midlands

Bore Street
(Guildhall)

King George V and Queen Mary

Sandringham House, Norfolk 1865 - Sandringham House, Norfolk 1936
King of Great-Britain, 1910-1936; and Queen Mary, born Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (London 1867 - London 1963)
(Wikipedia)

Various sculptors
1910

Lichfield / King George V and Queen Mary

Description

Two marble portrait medaillons in the facade of the Guildhall, each with initials, G-IR and M-QC respectively.

Inscription(s)

these portraits erected over the spot where h.m. george v was proclaimed king were given in the mayoralty of godfrey benson by his wife 1910.

Annotation

The actual sculptors were G. Lowther and F. Thomas, working for Bridgeman & Son.

Sculptors

Robert Bridgeman (1844-1918), architectural sculptor, ecclesiastical sculptor, stone carver and stonemason. From c. 1912 with his son Joseph Bridgman as Robert Bridgeman & Son, succeeded by grandson Charles William Bridgeman (1902-2004) until 1968 (Biography).
G. Lowther, sculptor of Robert Bridgeman & Son, Architectural sculptors, monumental masons of Lichfield.
F. Thomas, sculptor of Robert Bridgeman & Son, Architectural sculptors, monumental masons of Lichfield.

Sources & Information

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project Database, no. 5472.

Locatie (N 52°40'59" - W 1°49'37") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwm024; Photograph: 7 June 2014
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