View of the Lakeside Café and Leo the Lion, a bronze sculpture, in Alaxandra Park, by the Boating Lake.
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John Gaffen 2 / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
EHG223File size:
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4780 x 3744 px | 40.5 x 31.7 cm | 15.9 x 12.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
23 September 2014Location:
Alaxandra Park, Wood Green, Haringay, LondonMore information:
Alexandra Park is an 80 hectare, Green Flag Award and Green Heritage winning landscaped park in the Borough of Haringey in north London. It was declared a Local Nature Reserve in 2013, and is also a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1. In early 1973, Sir Charles Wheeler was commission to produce a lion sculpture for Alexandra Park for siting at the children’s zoo. Sir Charles worked on many public buildings, the Bank of England and a fountain in Trafalgar Square. Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler KCVO, PRA (14 March 1892 – 22 August 1974) was a British sculptor, and the first sculptor to hold the Presidency of the Royal Academy (from 1956 through 1966). Wheeler was born in Codsall, Staffordshire and raised in nearby Wolverhampton. In 1912 he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art where he studied under Edouard Lanteri. For World War I Wheeler was classified as unfit for active service and instead modeled artificial limbs for war amputees. He came to specialize in portraits and architectural sculpture. He became RA in 1940 and PRA in 1956. In 1968 he wrote his autobiography.