Person    | Male  Born 3/3/1885  Died 16/9/1976

Cecil Thomas

Categories: Sculpture

Sculptor and medalist. Born 24 Hedley Road, Shepherd's Bush. Many commissions for the Royal Mint. Other work in London: the Tubby Clayton and Alfred Henry Forster tombs (effectively horizontal statues), both in All Hallows by the Tower, the memorial to the St John's Ambulance Brigade, St John's Gate, Clerkenwell. 1919 moved into 108 Old Brompton Road. Died Kensington. His will gifted the Old Brompton Road house and studio to the Royal Society of British Sculptors who are still based there. Our photo is dated 1925.

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Cecil Thomas

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Nash at Church of All Souls

{On the front face of the plinth:} John Nash, 1752 - 1835, architect. {On a...

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Sir Follett Holt

Since they are rather lovely we chose to photo one of the gate-post sculpted ...

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Wakefield

The 'lamp of maintenance' above the bust is the symbol used by Toc H. This wh...

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Other Subjects

George Gammon Adams

George Gammon Adams

Portrait sculptor and medallist.  Born Staines.  Died at home home, Acton Green Lodge, Chiswick.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth

Born in Wakefield as Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth. At art school met and became a friendly rival of Henry Moore, though it was she who first 'pierced' her sculptures. With her first husband had a son w...

Person, Sculpture, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
H. Young & Co.

H. Young & Co.

Foundry opened in Eccleston Street, Pimlico.

Group, Industry, Sculpture

3 memorials
Joseph Hermon Cawthra

Joseph Hermon Cawthra

Other work in London includes: the Mother and Child in Bishop's Park, Hammersmith; relief work on the Sadler's Wells Theatre, Islington; and the Britannia that looks down on Piccadilly Circus from ...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials

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Lucien Pissarro - Epping

Lucien Pissarro - Epping

CM16, Hemnall Street, 44

A custom-made plaque, but nonetheless a very attractive one.

2 subjects commemorated