Bust of Sir Henry Tate outside Brixton Library
Brixton - Tate Library Brixton and Bust of the founder - Sir Henry Tate.
Ironic - A Philanthropist with a fortune from the Sugar Trade, although after Abolition, creates a public library in Brixton.
Inscriptions
On the front face of the pedestal: SIR HENRY TATE
BARONET
VPRIGHT MERCHANT
WISE PHILANTHROPIST
BORN 11 MARCH 1819
DIED 8 DEC 1899
On the rear face of the pedestal:
ERECTED BY
PVBLIC SVBSCRIPTION
1905.
COMMENTS