3-074-869 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Statue of Mr. Gladstone at the City Liberal Club, 1883. 'The City Liberal Club, in Walbrook [in London], has adorned its staircase hall with a fine statue, in white marble, of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Party. This statue was unveiled before Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and a large company of members of the Club, on Thursday week; the ceremony was performed by Mr. Bertram Wodehouse Currie, President of the City Liberal Association; and speeches of a commendatory character were delivered in the library of the Club. The statue, for which about £1400 was subscribed by members, is the work of Mr. E. Onslow Ford. It represents Mr. Gladstone, in his ordinary dress, in the act of speaking to a great public meeting, as on Blackheath Common, or in his Mid Lothian campaign of 1879, or at the election of 1880. It is an excellent likeness, intensely characteristic and expressive, and an admirable work of the sculptor's art'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.