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G F Watts Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice
Created by G F Watts, a Victorian Artist and Sculptor in 1900. It is a 50 feet long open gallery situated in Postmans Park, a very small pubic garden situated in the city of London. It Commemorates ordinary people who died saving the lives of others and who might otherwise have been forgotten.
Along the walls of the gallery Watts placed tablets (ceramic tiles) describing the acts of heroism to save other peoples lives before leading to their own death.
G F Watts only placed four of these tablets on the wall (he had room for 120) before his death in 1904. After this his wife erected a further 53, in 2009 one further tablet was erected.
The image in the centre was created by G F Watts when he set up the gallery. After the title it reads:-
"The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are".
The park now is surrounded by modern offices and housing
G F Watts Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice
Created by G F Watts, a Victorian Artist and Sculptor in 1900. It is a 50 feet long open gallery situated in Postmans Park, a very small pubic garden situated in the city of London. It Commemorates ordinary people who died saving the lives of others and who might otherwise have been forgotten.
Along the walls of the gallery Watts placed tablets (ceramic tiles) describing the acts of heroism to save other peoples lives before leading to their own death.
G F Watts only placed four of these tablets on the wall (he had room for 120) before his death in 1904. After this his wife erected a further 53, in 2009 one further tablet was erected.
The image in the centre was created by G F Watts when he set up the gallery. After the title it reads:-
"The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are".
The park now is surrounded by modern offices and housing