IMG 3604-001-Humphry the Cat

Alf Barrett Playground, Old Gloucester Street. Info from the Capital Walks in London blog: "Humphry ... used to live in Queen Square (the statue, that is) but was relocated to the Alf Barrett children’s playground in nearby Old Gloucester Street. Humphry, the real cat, lived at the Mary Ward Adult Education Centre [formerly located] in the Square. He was named after Humphry Ward, husband of the centre’s founder Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) Ward, the Victorian social reformer and novelist. Humphry is the first and only sculpture completed by Marcia Solway who attended sculpture classes at the Centre and lived nearby. Sadly, Marcia died of epilepsy aged only 34 in 1992. The statue was donated by her mother Carole Solway."