Public art & sculpture · London
Blind Beggar and His Dog
Blind Beggar and His Dog in England London, United Kingdom.
Stephen McKay — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Blind Beggar and His Dog is a public sculpture in England London, United Kingdom, dating from 1958. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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From the Wikipedia article
Blind Beggar and his Dog is a bronze statue of 1958, by the sculptor Elisabeth Frink, based on the famous ballad The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green. It stands in the enclosed garden of Tate House, a residential development for the elderly on the Cranbrook Estate in the London district of Bethnal Green. It is a Grade II* listed structure.
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Background
History
The legend of the blind beggar became popular in Tudor times and has many variants. One version tells of an English knight, Simon de Montford, who is blinded at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. Seeking to conceal his identity, he begs alms at Bethnal Green, while his beautiful daughter Besse is wooed by four suitors, three of whom are discouraged by her father's seeming inability to provide a dowry. The fourth recognises Besse's innate nobility and marries her anyway, whereupon he receives a dowry from her still-wealthy father. Bethnal Green's civic coat of arms bears the images of Besse and her blind father and the legend is commemorated in many place names in the area, including that of The…
Description
The statue is in bronze, and is 8 feet high. It stands on an "elevated fountain (plinth) of overlapping stone sections". Pevsner describes the statue as "appealingly vulnerable and serious". It was given a Grade II* heritage listing in 1998.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5298, -0.0449
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Parish
- Tower Hamlets, unparished area
- Postcode
- E2 0QY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Established
- 1958
Sources
- wikidata: Q17531634 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Blind Beggar and his Dog (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Blind Beggar and His Dog?
- Blind Beggar and His Dog is in London, United Kingdom (postcode E2 0QY), in the parish of Tower Hamlets, unparished area.
- When was Blind Beggar and His Dog built?
- Built or established in 1958.
- Is Blind Beggar and His Dog free to visit?
- Yes, Blind Beggar and His Dog is free to enter.
- How do I get to Blind Beggar and His Dog?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode E2 0QY. It sits within the Bethnal Green and Stepney parliamentary constituency.