Person    | Female  Born 1761  Died 1814

Paul Sandby

Water-colour painter. Probably born in Nottingham.  1742 joined the Ordnance office at the Tower of London as a military draughtsman.   Engaged for 5 years in the military survey of Scotland.  Back...

Person, Art

students of the Royal Academy

Group, Armed Forces, Art

Fabian Peake

Artist and writer. Son of author Mervyn Peake.

Person, Art

Arthur Morrison

Writer and novelist. Born at 14 John Street, Poplar. He wrote detective novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End. His best known work was 'A Child of the Jago', set in a fic...

Person, Art, Literature

Harry Dixon

Sculptor, painter, illustrator. Born Watford, son of the photographer, Henry Dixon, who specialised in animal photographs taken at London Zoo, near where they lived. So it's interesting that Harry ...

Person, Art, Sculpture