The Edward VII Drinking Fountain on Whitechapel Road, Tower Hamlets, was seen covered in chicken and slabs of red meat this morning.
The fountain, designed by sculptor William Silver Frith, was a tribute to the eldest son of Queen Victoria. It was paid for by the area’s Jewish residents in the early 20th century.
The inscription on the fountain reads: “In grateful and loyal memory of Edward VII, Rex et Imperator, Erected by subscriptions raised by Jewish inhabitants of East London, 1911.”
[from the London Evening Standard]
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