Rowland Hill, founder of the Penny Post, by Edward Onslow Ford (original) (raw)

Rowland Hill (1795-1879)

Edward Onslow Ford, R. A. (1852-1901)

1881, unveiled 1882

Bronze larger-than-lifesize figure on a Peterhead granite base

Photograph and text 2006 by Jacqueline Banerjee.

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