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Victoria Embankment (WC2)
(at Hungerford Bridge)

Joseph Bazalgette

London 1819 - Wimbledon, London 1891
English civil engineer
(Wikipedia)

George Simonds
1901

Description

Bronze bust in a niche of an architectural façade with the motto FLVMINI VINCVLA POSVIT ("he put the river in chains"), referring to Bazalgette's construction of London's sewers, which also resulted in the creation of the Embankment.

Inscription(s)

sir JOSEPH BAZALGETTE cb
Engineer of the London Main Drainage System
and of this Embankment
born 1819 died 1891

Annotation

Unveiled 6 November 1901.

Artist

George Blackall Simonds (Reading 1843 - Bradfield 1929), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of Westminster.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
George L. Gomme, Return of outdoor memorials in London (London: City Council, 1910) (through Internet Archive).
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 135.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 49.

Location (N 51°30'22" - W 0°7'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo062; Photograph: 3 August 2014
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