How does Dr Barnardo's Memorial elucidate its Architecture and description?
The sculpture was undertaken by George Frampton, later famous for his statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and his memorial to W. S. Gilbert on the Victoria Embankment. Frampton donated his design without charge. The memorial forms an exedra, with a large, semi-circular, stone seat flanking the central plinth. The base has figures in bronze of three children, with a bust of Barnado above that, and culminates in a figure of a woman, representing Charity, embracing two further children. The base is inscribed with a quotation from Barnado's will: 'I HOPE TO DIE AS I HAVE LIVED/ IN THE HUMBLE BUT ASSURED FAITH OF/ JESUS CHRIST/ AS/ MY SAVIOUR, MY MASTER AND MY KING'. The walls that form the seat are also inscribed, to the left: 'SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME/ FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN'; and to the right: 'IN AS MUCH AS YE DID IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST/ OF THESE MY BRETHREN YE DID IT UNTO ME'. A small memorial set into the base commemorates Syrie Barnado, who died in 1944.The memorial, described in Pevsner as "outstanding", was unveiled in 1908 by the Duchess of Albany. It was listed at Grade II in 1979, and upgraded to Grade II* in 2010.
George Frampton W. S. Gilbert Kensington Gardens Victoria Embankment Duchess of Albany listed at Grade II statue of Peter Pan Pevsner exedra