In the context of Gladstone Memorial, London, explain the Reception of the History.
The critic Edmund Gosse wrote to congratulate Thornycroft after the memorial's completion; "It is so dignified, so solid and the head so magnificent,; you have got that look of frenzy in the eye that all his best portraits have". Simon Bradley, in the 2003 revised version London 6: Westminster of the Pevsner Buildings of England series, describes the statue as a "fine, robed figure". The sculpture is a Grade II listed structure.
England Edmund Gosse Westminster Grade II listed structure Grade II listed London sculpture Pevsner Buildings of England