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 ...
Greater London Council Richard Bright, 1789 - 1858, physician, lived here.
We have assumed that the lost plaque read the same as the one at The Oval.
We could find nothing about this incident, until we asked Richmond Council's Local Studies Library and Archive. They very quickly found t...
Ada House This block was built in 1937 by the London County Council and was named after Ada Place in which the block is situated; which i...
Westminster City Council Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author, 1859 - 1930, worked and wrote here in 1891. Arthur Conan Doyle Society
