John Heminges and Henry Condell Memorial
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Artist | C. J. Allen |
Year | 1895–1896 |
Location | St Mary Aldermanburyold churchyard, City of London |
TheJohn Heminges and Henry Condell Memorialis a memorial to the actorsJohn HemingesandHenry Condell– the editors ofWilliam Shakespeare'sFirst Folio,published in 1623 – in the former churchyard ofSt Mary Aldermanburyon Love Lane, LondonEC2.The memorial is made from pink granite and is topped with a bust of Shakespeare byC. J. Allen,dated 1895.[1]
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The memorial was commissioned by Charles Clement Walker, manager of the Midlands Ironworks inDonington,Shropshire, and a Shakespeare enthusiast. C. J. Allen had previously exhibited a bust of Walker at theRoyal Academyin 1894. His bust for this memorial is combines the features of what the patron regarded as the two most accepted likenesses of Shakespeare: the bust onhis funerary monumentin Stratford-upon-Avon and theDroeshout portraiton the frontispiece of the First Folio.[1]
The memorial was unveiled on 15 July 1896, in a ceremony attended by the Lord Mayor of London, the American ambassador, the actor SirHenry IrvingandLord Ronald Gower,an acquaintance of Walker's and the sculptor of a memorial to Shakespeare in Stratford.[1]
The memorial falls under the present-dayecclesiastical parishofSt Vedast Foster Lane,in theCity of Londondeaneryof theDiocese of London.It has beenGrade II listedsince 1972.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abcWard-Jackson, Philip (2003).Public Sculpture of the City of London.Public Sculpture of Britain. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. pp. 1–3.
- ^Historic England,"Monument to John Heminge and Henry Condell in former churchyard of Church of St Mary Aldermanbury (1064772)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved16 May2015
External links
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