Sculptor. Born Denmark. Came to England in about 1655 and arrived in London by 1660. Also carved the amazing statues of Melancholy and Raving Madness that used to adorn the entrance gates of Bethlem (Bedlam) Hospital (when it was at Moorfields) and can now be seen in a small museum in Kent at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. Father of writer Colley Cibber. Died London, buried in the Danish church, Wellclose Square, which he had designed, but that was demolished in 1870.
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Charles II statue - Soho Square
Erected in the King's lifetime - see Fenner Brockway for our list of other su...
The Monument - west and north
The bas relief by Cibber is worthy of close examination. It shows a woman on...
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Irena Sedlecka
Born Czechoslovakia. Married the sculptor Franta Belsky in 1996.
1 memorial
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Jean-Antoine Houdon was born in Versailles, France, on 20 March 1741. He died, aged 87 years, in Paris, France, on 15 July 1828 and his body was buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery, 3 Bd Edgar Quin...
1 memorial
Paul Dibble
New Zealand sculptor. An obituary cites the London New Zealand War Memorial as one of his major achievements.
1 memorial
Marcia Debra Solway
Solway lived in Rosebery Avenue and was in the sculpture class at the Mary Ward Centre in Queen Square.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
In 1631 commissioned Inigo Jones to build the residential square at Covent Garden, with a piazza at the centre.
2 memorials
Samaritans
Formed by Chad Varah at St Stephen Walbrook Church to befriend the suicidal and despairing. The Samaritans gives a good history of the organisation including how it was named: "Chad Varah had achi...
2 memorials
Sir Douglas Bader
SW7, Petersham Mews, 5
Plaque unveiled by Sir Richard Branson and David Bickers (Bader's son-in-law).
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Joshua Reynolds bust
WC2, Leicester Square
All four of the Leicester Square busts were removed in the 2010-12 redesign of the Square - see (Hogarth bust for more information.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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