Artist, sculptor. Born Devonshire Street. Designer of the prehistoric 'monsters' original made for and exhibited at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park but now in Crystal Palace Park. They were moved here with the Crystal Palace in 1854. Died at 60 Erpingham Road, Putney.
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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
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Lucien Pissarro
Painter, printmaker and wood engraver. Born in Paris, the eldest child of Camille Pissarro. He visited England on several occasions, becoming a British citizen in 1916. A founder member of the Camd...
2 memorials
Thomas Girtin
Water-colour painter. Born Great Bandy Leg Walk, Southwark but brought up in the City. Worked alongside Turner as a copyist 1794 to 1797. Toured Britain painting local views. 1802 Girtin painte...
1 memorial
Sir Gerald Kelly
Portrait painter. Born Paddington. Died at home, 117 Gloucester Place. In the picture Kelly is the short man in specs.
3 memorials
John Robert Cozens
Watercolour painter. Probably born in London. Travelled on the Continent. Painted principally landscapes and nature, especially trees. From 1794 suffered mental illness and died in the care of...
1 memorial
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