Realising that it’s Good Friday and not having to be at the RA till 9, I thought I’d take a slight detour in order to have a look at two other works by Frampton. First, his monument to W.S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame, who is commemorated on the Victoria Embankment in a dreary and badly lit position immediately opposite Embankment station, flanked by Comedy and Tragedy:-
The second is his statue of Dame Edith Cavell, immediately opposite the NPG, commissioned in 1915 after Cavell was shot for treason in October 1915. Frampton wouldn’t accept a fee. It was unveiled in March 1920:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
and then there’s Peter Pan… and (non-sequitur) George’s only child, the wundrusly verist Meredith Frampton (also RA), whose David-inspired 1928 Marguerite Kelsey was recently on show at Pallant House show… I tried to get George’s house and studio in St John’s Wood listed when i worked for English Heritage but prompted by yr blog i now see they revisited my report and agreed it should be… (He converted a Victorian house – now 92-96 Carlton Hill – with a little help from Guy Dawber)