Sculptor. Born Nottingham, son of an Italian immigrant. Apprenticed to Locatelli, they arrived in London in 1775 and carved the medallions at the Middlesex Sessions House. Achieved a good reputation for his portrait busts. Died at home, Cochran's Terrace (now Cochrane Street), St John's Wood. The picture is a self-portrait. London work includes: the caryatides at St Pancras church on Euston Road, two figures on the front of the Royal Opera House.
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Charles Rossi
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Haydon & Rossi
London County Council Benjamin Haydon, 1786 - 1846, painter and Charles Rossi...
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Old Middlesex Sessions House
Above the central window, this cameo-type profile bust of the King is draped ...
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Benjamin Creswick
Sculptor. 1880s-1920s active around Birmingham. His best known work in London is the terracotta frieze at Cutler's Hall.
1 memorial
L. A. Malempre
From Mapping Sculpture we learn that Louis Auguste Malempré was born Belgium in about 1820. He had various addresses in London from 1854 on. Died London, probably at19 Lower Philimore Place, a subs...
1 memorial
Benjamin Clemens
Sculptor based in Chelsea. Born Dalston. Served in WW1. Other work in London includes: Africa House Kingsway and the Burlington Arcade.
1 memorial
William Mitchell
Sculptor. He has worked in a vast variety of techniques and media, producing some grand-scale works. Among his London projects are the interior of the Curzon Cinema, Mayfair, the concrete frieze in...
4 memorials
Sculpture Castings Ltd
From their website: "Sculpture Castings is a leading fine art foundry based in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Offering the complete foundry service and using a range of traditional skills..." Oddly the Ar...
1 memorial
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Frederick Douglass
SW3, Sloane Avenue, Nell Gwynn House
The house was 5 Whitehead's Grove - you can see a short terrace of houses here on this 1865 map.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Lambeth Borough Council gates
SE11, Black Prince Road
Lambeth Council’s first 4 tenement blocks of council housing were built on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road) in 1927, replacing a work...
1 creator
Balham firefighters
SW12, Hydethorpe Road, Henry Cavendish Primary School
The plaque is located behind a high exterior wall which makes it difficult to get a sharper photograph.
Civilian war dead | WW2
13 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
13 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Sir Hugh Lane
Art dealer and collector. Born Hugh Percy Lane In Ballybrack House, Douglas, Cork. He moved to London, and opened an art gallery in 1898. Here he developed a reputation as a shrewd gentleman-deale...
1 memorial
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