City of Westminster
Site of the home of James Barry, 1741 - 1806, Irish artist and creator of the murals at the Royal Society of Arts.
W1, Eastcastle Street, 36
At the time of Barry's residence, the thoroughfare was known as Castle Street East.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
James Barry
Painted by the artist James Barry. They show, 'Orpheus', 'A Grecian Harvest-H...
Painter. Born in Water Lane, Blackpool, Cork, Ireland. He studied in Italy an...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
James Barry
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
Greater London Council Lady Ottoline Morrell, 1873 - 1938, literary hostess and patron of the arts, lived here.
Lincoln's Inn Fields was the site of the gruesome and prolonged public beheading of Lord William Russell in 1683, after he was convicted ...
This building was erected in the 1930s. Actor Angela Lansbury contributed to the 2008 restoration of the clock.
Appropriately a number of the nearby buildings have notices instructing "no ball games". 2023: We were contacted by Jim's daughter, Rach...
