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| English Heritage Reference: | 487857 |
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| RBKC Reference: | 249/80/107 |
| Property: | TOMB OF JAMES LEIGH HUNT |
| Street: | HARROW ROAD , W10 |
| Date: | 13/06/2001 |
| Grade: | II |
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| Description: | Sq. 121. Carrara marble pedestal on raised base; east face has releif of an urn with a branch of bay leaves and isncription `write me as one who loved his fellow men'; bust by Joseph Durham stolen (cast in the Keats House Museum, Hampstead). Erected by public subscription. History: Leigh Hunt was an outstanding man of letters of the early 19th century, responsible for championing Keats and Shelley (whose cremation he was present at). See Illustrated London News, 23 October 1869, 413.Condition: very bad, on account of loss of bust. |
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