Joseph Lister Memorial

Joseph Lister Memorial
Joseph Lister Memorial
	The memorial in 2014
Artist	Thomas Brock
Completion date	13 March 1924
Medium	Bronze sculpture; granite (base);
Subject	Joseph Lister
Location	London, United Kingdom
	51°31′21″N 0°08′45″W / 51.52248°N 0.14596°W

The Joseph Lister Memorial is a memorial to Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister by the sculptor Thomas Brock, situated in Portland Place in Marylebone, London. The memorial is positioned in the centre of the road opposite numbers 71 to 81 and is Grade II listed.^[1] It is close to Lister's home at 12 Park Crescent.^[2]

The memorial was unveiled by Sir John Bland-Sutton, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, on 13 March 1924.^[3] The base of the monument is made of grey Aberdeen granite. On top of the base is a bronze bust of Joseph Lister. At the front are the figures of a woman and a boy: the boy is holding a garland of flowers; the woman is pointing to Lister with her right hand.^[3]

A little way to the north in Park Crescent is the 1824 statue of the Duke of Kent, the father of Queen Victoria.

References

^ England, Historic. "LISTER MONUMENT IN CENTRE OF ROAD OPPOSITE NUMBERS 71 TO 81 (ODD) PORTLAND PLACE, City of Westminster - 1265542| Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
^ "Lister, 1st Baron, (Joseph Lister) (5 April 1827–10 Feb. 1912)". Who's Who 2019. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u188240. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Lister Memorial". The Times. No. 43600. 14 March 1924. pp. 15–16.

External links

Media related to Memorial to Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (Portland Place, London) at Wikimedia Commons
Bust: Joseph Lister bust at London Remembers
Joseph Lister Statue – Portland Place, London, UK at Waymarking

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[1] England, Historic. "LISTER MONUMENT IN CENTRE OF ROAD OPPOSITE NUMBERS 71 TO 81 (ODD) PORTLAND PLACE, City of Westminster - 1265542| Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[2] "Lister, 1st Baron, (Joseph Lister) (5 April 1827–10 Feb. 1912)". Who's Who 2019. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u188240. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

[:0-3] "Lister Memorial". The Times. No. 43600. 14 March 1924. pp. 15–16.

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Sculptures	Statues of Robert Raikes London, 1880 Toronto, 1929 Statue of Henry Bartle Frere (London, 1888) Statues of Queen Victoria Hove, 1901 Bangalore, 1906 Statue of Henry Irving (London, 1910) Statue of Captain James Cook (London, 1914) Titanic Memorial (Belfast, 1920) Joseph Lister Memorial (London, 1924) Victoria Memorial (London, 1924)
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