Plaque

Samuel Palmer

Inscription

Samuel Palmer, 1805 - 1881, artist, lived here, 1851 - 1861.
Greater London Council

Site: Samuel Palmer (1 memorial)

W8, Douro Place, 6

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Samuel Palmer

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Samuel Palmer (artist)

Landscape painter. Born Surrey Square, SE17. Little formal training. 1826 -18...

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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