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Cast in Stone

Statues and memories of empire in post-imperial France and Britain

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Statue of Robert Milligan

Monument

Media metadata | Métadonnées multimédias

has current location | a pour localisation actuelle: Museum of London; London

depicts | figure: Milligan, Robert
shows visual item | présente l'item visuel: man; slave-owner
consists of | consiste en: bronze
was produced by | a été produit par: Westmacott, Richard

has inscription | a une inscription: Beneath the statue, at the top of the plinth, in large, embossed letters:
ROBT MILLIGAN; Plaque on rear of plinth, facing east, in embossed letters:
To perpetuate on this spot the memory of Richard Milligan, a merchant of London, to whose genius, perseverance and guardian care the surrounding great work principally owes it's {sic} design, accomplishment and regulation, the directors and proprietors, deprived by his death on the 21st May 1809 of the continuance of his invaluable services, by their unanimous vote have caused this statue to be erected.
consists of | consiste en: stone; bronze

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia; Museum of London; Madge Dresser, 'Set in Stone? Statues and Slavery in London', History Workshop Journal, 64, 1 (2007) 162–199; Aleema Gray and Danielle Thom, '“The Surrounding Great Work”: Memory, Erasure, and Curating the Built Environment of the West India Docks, 1802–2022' , British Art Studies, 22, (2022)