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...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Charles Leonard Hartwell, RA, FRBS, RBC.
He was a Member of the Royal Academy. The picture is a self-portrait. Much information about this sculptor can be found on his Wikipedia page, on the Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculptur...
3 memorials
Anthony White Southwell
Anthony White Southwell was born on 21 November 1936 in Surbiton, Surrey, the son of Arthur Joseph White Southwell (1897-1962) and Eva Winifred Southwell née Monk (1898-1963). His birth was registe...
1 memorial
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Lockerbie bench - 07 - Garrett
TW9, Kew Gardens
We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...
2 subjects commemorated
02 Croydon - Isaac Newton
CR9, Katharine Street, Croydon Public Library
Built in 1892 by Charles Henman Jr. this heavily decorated group of buildings makes up Croydon's Municipal buildings complex. The buildin...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Felix Mendelssohn
Composer. Born Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn in Hamburg. Bartholdy was a name already adopted by a member of his mother's family who had converted to Christianity and the Mendelssohn family added ...
3 memorials
Walter Hines Page
W1, Grosvenor Square, 6/7
2020: Reporting that this building is up for sale, Yahoo! has "...The Grosvenor Square pad occupies the entire fourth floor ... The build...
1 subject commemorated
C. Osborne
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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