Mural artist active in late 1970s - 1983. Worked with Binnington on two murals at Royal Oak.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Desmond Rochfort
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Cable Street mural
From a letter to the Guardian from Desmond Rochfort, 26 September 2016: Dan J...
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Chelsea College of Art & Design
From their website: "Chelsea College of Arts is one of London's most prestigious art and design colleges." From c.2005 based at the Millbank Prison site.
Henry Fuseli
Painter and writer. Born in Zurich as Johann Heinrich Füssli, worked mainly in England. The birth date we give is from the ODNB who warn that he later lied about it. His paintings often depict t...
Peggy Fortnum
Illustrator. Born in Harrow, Margaret Fortnum has illustrated about 80 children's books, most famously the Paddington series from the beginning to 1974. Andrew Behan has researched Fortnum: Margar...
Solomon Souza
Street artist, best known for spray painting portraits of contemporary and historical figures on the metal shutters of the Mahane Yehuda Market ("The Shuk") in Jerusalem, turning them into an after...
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...
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Reverend Sydney Smith
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Radical Club
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