Sculptor. Born Blandford Forum. Spent most of his life and energy creating the Wellington memorial in St Paul's Cathedral. The railings with lions (also by Stevens) around this were originally, 1852, part of the British Museum boundary but some 1895 pavement improvements caused them to be removed. Some of Stevens' BM lions also ended up on the railings outside the Royal British Society of Sculptors, 108 Old Brompton Road. Others, possibly smaller copies are outside the Law Society in Chancery Lane. We have Ornamental Passions to thank for the lion trail and more information can be found here. Suicide was suspected when Stevens died suddenly at his studio, 9 Eton Villas, Haverstock Hill.
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Alfred George Stevens
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3 memorials
G. F. Watts
Born in London. His piano-making father named him after Handel. Member of the Holland Park Circle, an informal group of 19th-century artists based in the Holland Park district, especially in Melbu...
18 memorials
Frank Meisler
Architect and sculptor. Born Danzig. Arrived in England via the Kindertransport. Active in 2006. Art Forum obit. Born in what was then Danzig and is now Gdansk, Poland. Meisler was himself one of t...
Person, Architecture, Sculpture, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland
1 memorial
Sebastian Gahagan
The brothers Lawrence and Sebastian Gahagan, sculptors of note in London between 1760 and 1820, were Irishmen called Geoghegan at home.
1 memorial
Jak Beula Dodd
Born St Mary's Hospital Paddington, to parents who were both from Jamaica, John Bubeula Dodd is commonly known as Jak Beula. He is a British entrepreneur and cultural activist of Caribbean heritage...
2 memorials
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