Robert Seymour
WC1, Doughty Street, Dickens Museum
A nearby information board informs: Probably the most prolific illustrator and cartoonist of his era, Seymour was the first artist ever ...
1 subject commemorated
St Peters Eaton Square - seat
SW1, Eaton Square, St Peters
This can be seen as a memorial to a memorial - not common but we have two others: the Testimonial fountain in Bow or the Maharajah's foun...
1 subject commemorated
Lankester clock
E1, Commercial Road
The plaque is on the wall at pedestrian eye height, immediately below the clock. Numbers 384-392 did not become part of the hospital unt...
1 subject commemorated
Dominico and Pilar Maestri
NW1, Cranleigh Street, Brook House
In our photo, at the top of the nearest cream-coloured panel on this building: "GB 1934" but we don't understand the 'GB'. The Maestri p...
1 subject commemorated
Rose and Crown pub
SE1, Colombo Street, 47, Rose and Crown pub
The painted plaster rose and crown are rather lovely but the numbers, especially the 7s, lack any elegance. We think the pub was rebuilt...
1 subject commemorated
St Marks, Kennington - history
SW9, Clapham Road, St Marks Church
The 1745 Association (who ought to know) writes: "The plaque on the side of the church says it was twenty-one but that may not be quite a...
19 subjects commemorated
Jacqueline Cockburn - lost sculpture - plinth
SW3, Chelsea embankment gardens
The PMSA page for this memorial informs that the 1925 bronze statue was already missing in October 1999 and that the sculptor was P. Lind...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Church Cross - Putney
SW15, Church Square, St Marys Church
The Bridge plaque is on the far side of the wall beside the woman's head in our photo. The jubilee plaque is laid into the terrace betwee...
6 subjects commemorated
Rennie Garden
SE1, Blackfriars Road
The 3.25 metre panorama to which the text refers can be seen at the Government Art Collection. There is a zoom feature so you can look in...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Blackfriars Bridge - underpass
SE1, Blackfriars Bridge underpass
This south-bank pedestrian tunnel is decorated with prints from the Guildhall Library. At the western end of the tunnel some spoof text ...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
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