In memory of Jim, died 1879, aged 15 years, faithful dog of Sir Henry Cole of this museum.
SW7, Cromwell Road, Victoria & Albert Museum, Pirelli Garden
These plaques are on the southern wall of the internal courtyard and we've heard that Jim, at least, was buried in this courtyard when it was a garden. Our picture for Henry Cole shows him with a dog but is it Jim or is it Tycho?
(We can see that giant box-robot doing the splits soon!)
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Jim
Born Bath. Secretary of the Department of Science and Art. He originated the ...
The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...
The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackheath, but we cannot find any confirmation for this. 2024: W...
Sir Frederick Ashton, 1904 - 1988, choreographer, lived here 1959 - 1984. English Heritage
William F. Brown, Bishop of Pellla, born 1862, died 1951.
It would be nice if the two Lord Mayor Lawrences were related but we can't confirm. The wall and gates erected in 1665-6 are not those we...
Sculptor, painter and author. Born Ireland. The picture source website has a second picture of Fitzgerald, sadly no more flattering than this one.
Painter and illustrator. Born at 2 St James's Terrace, Lambeth. Studied at the Lambeth School of Art. He illustrated books such as 'Peter Pan' and his own 'Arthur Rackham Fairy Book', with a style ...
Architectural draughtsman. Born in Paris, a member of the French aristocracy who fled France during the Revolution and spent much of his life in England. Father of Augustus Pugin.
Numbers 20-21 Wellclose Square which housed this consulate no longer exist so we were delighted to find this 1930 picture which shows the reliefs one on the front of each building. 2021: This Spit...
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