Memorial to Walter Besant
London, Italy
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The Memorial to Walter Besant is a bronze bas-relief on the Victoria Embankment in London. It is considered peculiar for the presence of eye-glasses on the sculpture, considered the earliest example of it in London. The memorial is dedicated to Walter Besant, a novelist and historian of London. A ca
mpaigner for authors' rights, he is among the founders of the Society of Authors, who placed the memorial on the Embankment in 1904. Besant also played a role in the creation of the People's Palace in Mile End. The memorial is the work of George Frampton.
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