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...
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Jak Beula Dodd
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2 memorials
Sebastian Gahagan
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1 memorial
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Jim Jones
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
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William Tegetmeier
N10, St James's Lane, 101
Muswell Hill was not developed until the late 19th century so when Tegetmeier lived here he was probably surrounded by farmland. The hous...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Chaplin mosaics 3
SE1, Lambeth Walk, Chandler Hall
We've numbered the mosaics left to right. The text plaque is to the right of the curved wall, just out of sight of our camera. Chaplin ce...
1 subject commemorated
Sir William Henry White
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Voltaire Foundation
The Voltaire Foundation is a research department in the University of Oxford, publishing in the area of the Eighteenth century, especially the French Enlightenment.
1 memorial
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