Blind Beggar and his Dog | |
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Artist | Elisabeth Frink |
Completion date | 1958 |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | Bronze |
Subject | The Blind Beggar |
Dimensions | 2.4 m (8 ft) |
Location | Cranbrook Estate, Bethnal Green, London |
51°31′47″N 0°02′42″W / 51.5298°N 0.0449°W | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Blind Beggar and his dog, Cranbrook Estate |
Designated | 15 April 1998 |
Reference no. | 1031598 |
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.