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
Sir Roland Penrose
Surrealist artist, writer and exhibition organiser. Born at 44 Finchley Road. Brought the first Picasso painting for display in London, in the 1936 London International Surrealist Exhibition which...
1 memorial
Arthur Morrison
Writer and novelist. Born at 14 John Street, Poplar. He wrote detective novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End. His best known work was 'A Child of the Jago', set in a fic...
1 memorial
1 memorial
William Holman Hunt
Painter and co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His intended middle name was ‘Hobman’ (his mother’s maiden name) which he disliked. Discovering that it had been misspelled as ‘Holman’ at ...
2 memorials
Nicholas Dimbleby
Son of Richard and younger brother of the better known David and Jonathan.
1 memorial
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Councillor Audrey Lewis
Had a career in advertising before being elected to Westminster City Council, where she was a ward councillor for Bryanston and Dorset Square for 13 years. She served as Lord Mayor of Westminster i...
2 memorials
Ivor Innes
Illustrator and carver, from Cornwall. His wife, Elsie, wrote a book, 'The Elfin Oak of Kensington Gardens' in 1930.
1 memorial
Chelsea war monument
SW1, Sloane Square
From the typefaces one can tell that the two inscriptions were done at different times, and the WW2 dates don't look squeezed in. From t...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
1 memorial
Eliza Ann Stanley
Born Eliza Ann Savory. Married W. F. R. Stanley on 2 February 1857 (his 28th birthday). They lived "above the shop" in central London as, at that time, they could afford only to rent four rooms in...
2 memorials
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