The Tate Library Brixton and Henry Tate Bust
Brixton - Library - Tate Library Brixton and Bust of the founder., Sir Henry Tate.
Ironic - A Philanthropist with a fortune from the Sugar Trade creates a public library in Brixton. Food for thought!
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.
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