Private Jack Askham

Private Jack Askham

6-foot tall and aged 17 the youngest member of his Home Guard unit, Jack was selected to model for Bruce Bairnsfather who was preparing the artwork for a government advertising campaign 'Salute the...

Person, Armed Forces, Artists' Model

1 memorial
Ephraim Alfred Dudley

Ephraim Alfred Dudley

We are grateful to Maria A Hessman in the USA, for telling us that her grandfather modelled for the WW1 soldier on the Rifle Brigade monument and for sending us the following information about him:...

Person, Armed Forces, Artists' Model

1 memorial
Stanley Hallam Rothwell

Stanley Hallam Rothwell

Body builder and artists' model who posed for a number of statues on display in London. Rothwell was brought to our attention by Broderick D.V. Chow in this Londonist article. This, together with ...

Person, Art, Artists' Model, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Robert Edward Ryder, VC

Robert Edward Ryder, VC

In 2009 we were contacted by Alexander Ferguson Moran (Fergus), saying his granddaughter’s husband’s great grandfather was Robert Ryder, VC.  Fergus could not easily get to London to investigate th...

Person, Art, Artists' Model

War served, WW1
2 memorials
Marie Stillman

Marie Stillman

Marie Spartali was born on 13 March 1884 in Hornsey, Middlesex (now Greater London), the eldest of the five children of Michael Demetrius Spartali (1818-1914) and Maria Euphrosyne Spartali née Vars...

Person, Art, Benefactor, Artists' Model, Italy

1 memorial
John Galliford Webber

John Galliford Webber

Born near Barnstaple, Devon.  From the picture source website: "7 years 2nd Life Guards, London. Licencee Hare & Hounds South Molton & then ran Clockmaker & Gunsmith shop in East St. ( ...

Person, Armed Forces, Artists' Model

1 memorial
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