Niche and Keats, Guy's Hospital
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Niche and Keats, Guy's Hospital
Image: © Jim Osley Taken: 2 Apr 2014
The seated bronze life-sized statue of the poet John Keats within a niche from old London Bridge. According to a nearby plaque the Portland Stone niche was purchased by the hospital and installed in 1861. For the poet's association with the hospital see this http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/2984. The sculpture is the work of Stuart Williamson.
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