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
- Source
- Historic England listing
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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