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Sign: London - A memorial plaque to Sir William Schwenck Gilbert

Address:
Embankment Pier, Victoria Embankment, London WC2N 6NU, UK
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
London For all manhole covers in London
Country:
United Kingdom For all manhole covers in United Kingdom
Shape:
Other
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Wall or fence
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On the sign:
1836-1911
W.S.GILBERT
PLAYWRITE & POET
HIS FOE WAS FOLLY
HIS WEAPON WIT.

TRAGEDY
COMEDY
Photography:
2019
Eli Zvuluny
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Comments:
A memorial plaque for the poet and the writer of operatic texts - Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
Gilbert worked in collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan and the duo became known as Gilbert and Sullivan.
Gilbert died in drowning in 1911.
Notice the words: tragedy and comedy that appear on both sides of the sign.


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