Wh Hudson Memorial (On The South West Edge Of The Bird Sanctuary East Of The West Carriage Drive) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. A Modern Memorial.

Wh Hudson Memorial (On The South West Edge Of The Bird Sanctuary East Of The West Carriage Drive)

WRENN ID
hushed-timber-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1970
Type
Memorial
Period
Modern
Address
Wh Hudson Memorial (On The South West Edge Of The Bird Sanctuary East Of The West Carriage Drive), Hyde Park W2, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 271 804
Coordinates
51.50823, -0.16897
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The W H Hudson Memorial, located on the south-west edge of the Bird Sanctuary east of the West Carriage Drive in Hyde Park, was created in 1922. It features a rectangular bas-relief panel and two formal pools. The stone panel, sculpted by Jacob Epstein, depicts the character "Rima" from Hudson's novel "Green Mansions" as a female nude surrounded by birds in a diagonally ascending composition. In front of the panel is a narrow, long rectangular pool with a stone flagged surround, and there is a second similar reflecting pool closer to the footpath. This memorial is noted as an early and "notorious" work by Epstein.

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