Artist, sculptor. Born Devonshire Street. Designer of the prehistoric 'monsters' original made for and exhibited at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park but now in Crystal Palace Park. They were moved here with the Crystal Palace in 1854. Died at 60 Erpingham Road, Putney.
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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
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Tim and Hattie Coppard
Sister and brother team. Lead the Snug & Outdoor company of artists. Tim has a website and from Artbiogs, Hattie, born 1956, ".. is a community artist living in North London who has made temp...
1 memorial
Alfred Bestall
Author and illustrator. Born Alfred Edmeades Bestall in Mandalay, Burma. He served in the army during WW1, transporting troops in red double-decker buses. Following his studies at the L.C.C. Centra...
1 memorial
Sir Ambrose Fleming
Electrical engineer. Born John Ambrose Fleming in a house named Greenfield in Lancaster. Best known for inventing the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube. He was also an accomplished photographer...
1 memorial
William Hogarth
Satirical artist and illustrator. Trained as an engraver, he depicted the unseemly behaviour of contemporaries in works like 'The Beggar's Opera' (1728) and 'A Rake's Progress' (1732). Much of his ...
12 memorials
Angelica Kauffman
Painter. Born Switzerland. Arrived in London in 1766 and was quickly successful. Lived in Golden Square with her father. One of only two women amongst the founders of the Royal Academy of Arts. ...
1 memorial