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A favourite of mine. The sculpture by Maggi Hambling is called "A Conversation with Oscar Wilde".

It's In Adelaide Street near Charing Cross Station and the Strand; and was unveiled in November 1998. The bronze 'head' of Oscar is supposed to have a cigarette holder; but it was "missing".

Not quite coffin shaped; and it's also a bench!

I took two more photos. ► <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/53921762@N00/2356468782/">Oscar Wilde #2</a> - the view behind Oscar's head. ► <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/53921762@N00/2357717408/">Oscar Wilde #3</a> - read the inscription.

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§ <a href="http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://www.flickr.com/photos/53921762@N00/2355624011&sl=auto&tl=it" rel="nofollow">Google traduzione italiana di questa pagina</a>. § Lynne Barber's interview with <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2007/dec/02/art" rel="nofollow">Maggi Hambling</a>. Lynn Barber says it shows Oscar Wilde rising from his coffin. (She also admits hating the sculpture). § Wikipedia page on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggi_Hambling" rel="nofollow">Maggi Hambling</a>. § <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggi_Hambling" rel="nofollow">Maggi Hambling</a> da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. § Maggi Hambling's <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanstanton/4968191961/">Scallop</a> sculpture on the beach north of Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Which <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/suffolk/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8271000/8271314.stm" rel="nofollow">she hoped</a> would host other conversations. "You could come to Scallop when you're miserable and have a conversation with the sea - that's what it's about."



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Source Oscar Wilde #1
Author Alan Stanton
Camera location51° 30′ 31.73″ N, 0° 07′ 32.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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