George Cruikshank, artist, lived here, from 1850 to 1878.
B: Sept.27th 1792. D: Feb.1st 1878.
{Almost hidden in the decorative border:}
Erected by the Society of Arts
NW1, Hampstead Road, 263
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Cruikshank
Engraver, caricaturist and illustrator, best known for his political caricatu...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
George Cruikshank
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...
Church designed by Hawksmoor. Their website has lots of interesting stuff but none of the pictures of the stunning tower on this Hawksmoo...
The mews house in which James Hunt lived is in this gated mews. In 2022 it has been on the red brick entrance to the mews since at least...
Designed and carved by Eric Gill.
This terracotta-coloured plaque is now in Australia (see eHive) with one of the chimney pots. See Captain Cook's house for information an...
London County Council Ellen Terry, 1847-1928, actress, lived here.
Born Glasgow. Reid was his mother's maiden name. Other work in London: 1936 - Boy with Frog fountain in Regent's Park and The Herald at 85 Fleet Street. Died at home in 16 Maida Vale in the house...
Governing body of the London Borough of Ealing, Formed in 1965 by the merging of the Municipal Boroughs of Acton, Ealing and Southall.
George Orwell was born in Bengal as Eric Arthur Blair, his father was a British colonial civil servant. Joined the Indian imperial police in Burma but left in 1927 and decided to become a writer. ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio, Bengal, Burma, France, India, Spain
Businessman. Developed the McDonald's hamburger brand.
Printing pioneer. Born in Woerth, Alsace, and his modern name is a corruption of Wynkyn de Woerth so, disappointingly, his is not an example of nominative determinism, unlike Isambard Brunel. Brou...
Person, Craft / Design, Journalism / Publishing, Netherlands
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them