Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project

Sir William Molesworth, Relief Portrait, Pasmore Library, Borough Rd.

Region ID

CL

Work ID

1110

Manual Reference

CLSK/34

Title

Sir William Molesworth, Relief Portrait, Pasmore Library, Borough Rd.

Sculptor

Frampton, George

Date of design

1899

Year of unveiling

Unveiling details

Unveiled: Friday 19 October 1900, by Mrs Fawcett, widow of Henry Fawcett

Road

Borough Rd.

Precise Location

Passmore Edwards Library (originally; later the Borough Road Library), No. 12 Borough Road (now the South Bank University Day Nursery), Entrance hall, on the left wall

A to Z Ref

OS Ref

Postcode

SE1

Work is

Extant

Listing Status

II

Duty of Care

Commissioned by

Notes

Not provided.

circa

raw year

Condition

Good

At risk

No known risk

Inscriptions

Below the portrait in raised letters: - on the raised ‘ledge’: SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH - beneath the ledge, between the brackets: BORN MAY 13 1810 / DIED OCT: 22 1855 - beneath this, across the lower edge of the relief: PRESENTED BY J. PASSMORE EDWARDS [space] GEO. FRAMPTON 1899

Signatures

Elements

Element Details

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

Relief

Bronze

Assessment of Condition

Surface Character: nothing recorded

Structural Condition: nothing recorded

Vandalism: nothing recorded