Underneath, on the pedestal of the statue, lies a plaque of the poem. The Tennyson memorial statue was completed in 1903 by George Frederic Watts and unveiled in 1905 at Lincoln Cathedral, shows Tennyson holding a flower in his hand standing alongside a dog. The poem uses the image of a flowering plant - specifically that of a chasmophyte rooted in the wall of the wishing well - as a source of inspiration for mystical/ metaphysical speculation and is one of multiple poems where Tennyson touches upon the topic of the relationships between God, nature, and human life. ' Flower in the Crannied Wall' is a poem composed by Alfred Tennyson in 1863 beside the wishing well at Waggoners Wells. Tennyson memorial statue beside Lincoln Cathedral Plaque bearing the text of 'Flower in the Crannied Wall' mounted upon the pedestal of the Tennyson memorial statue at Lincoln Cathedral Plaque mounted upon the wishing well at Waggoners Wells, bearing the text of the poem and commemorating its composition at the site
