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| English Heritage Reference: | 487867 |
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| RBKC Reference: | 249/80/117 |
| Property: | TOMB OF EMILE BLONDIN |
| Street: | HARROW ROAD , W10 |
| Date: | 13/06/2001 |
| Grade: | II |
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| Description: | Tomb of Emile Blondin, died 1897. By McDonald and Leslie, masons (signed). Pink Peterhead granite and Carrara marble monument. Gabled granite headstone with shafts and base of grey granite, with matching kerb and posts; IHS monogram in star between two inset facing marble portrait reliefs of Blondin and wife, formerly behind glass, with bronze surrounds; marble statue of Hope on top. History: Blondin (a.k.a. Jean-Francois Gravelet) was the celebrated showman and tightrope-walker, renowned for his crossings of Niagara Falls. |
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