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 ...
Inside the station are two other plaques which we've transcribed but they are too dull to warrant the full treatment: Dull plaque 1: This...
The original Gate House was erected here (circa 1386) at the entrance to the Bishop of London's Park.
Margery Allingham, 1904 - 1966, writer of crime fiction and creator of Albert Campion, lived here, 1916 - 1926. City of Westminster
Pulford Street and the Equitable Gas Works used to occupy this six acre site. In the 1930s the Pulford Street Site Committee was respons...
