1940 the Committee for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was set up by Royal Charter. About 1946 it became the Arts Council of Great Britain and in 1994 it was split into national bodies, hence the Arts Council of England.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Arts Council of England / Great Britain
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Festival of Britain - London Pride
London Pride. Frank Dobson CBE, RA. 1886 - 1963. Commissioned for The Festi...
Morley Mosaics - KEW - Annie McCall
Dr Annie McCall, born 1859. Annie founded the Clapham Maternity Hospital and ...
Morley mosaics - KEW - Heather Rabbatts
Heather Rabbatts, born 1955. Heather was a Jamaican born British lawyer, busi...
Morley mosaics - KEW - Hester Thrale
Hester Thrale, born 1741. Hester was a colourful member of London society, no...
Morley mosaics - KEW - Jude Kelly
Jude Kelly, born 1954. Jude is a theatre director and producer with over 100 ...
Other Subjects
William Heath Robinson
Comic artist and illustrator. Born in Finsbury Park. He started his career as a book illustrator, and during WW1 began drawing cartoons of unlikely secret weapons. His later works of wonderfully co...
2 memorials
William Roberts
Artist. Founder member of the short-lived British Vorticist group and a WW1 war artist.The William Roberts Society's website (see Picture Source) has much information, especially on the house in...
1 memorial
Frank Pick
Pioneer of good design for London Transport. Born Lincolnshire. Click on the picture source web site for more information.
2 memorials
Paolo Veronese
Artist. Born in Verona as Paolo Caliari (he took his professional name from his birthplace). He trained as a stone-cutter, but under the influence of Titian settled in Venice. He produced frescoes ...
2 memorials
Royal Society of Arts Murals
Painted by the artist James Barry. They show, 'Orpheus', 'A Grecian Harvest-Home', 'Crowning the Victors at Olympia', 'Commerce or the Triumph of the Thames', 'The Distribution of Premiums in the S...
1 memorial
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Newcastle House
WC2, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 66
We thank Rosemary Jeffreys, again, for the Latin translation. After the fire the building was restored by the Treasury under Sir Christo...
1 subject commemorated
Queen Eleanor of Castile
Born to the King of Castile she was aged 13 when she married the future King of England, Edward I. It was a political, arranged marriage which seems to have been happy and successful as well, if 16...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Earl Granville, George Leveson-Cower
MP and colliery owner. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951. Born Great Stanhope Street. Died 14 South Audley Street.
1 memorial
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