Frederick Arthur Cayley Robinson. Painter and book illustrator. Born Brentford, Middlesex.
In 1914 moved with his wife and daughter into 1 Lansdowne House. That same year he began 10 years as a Professor at the Glasgow School of Art. Produced 4 large paintings known collectively as Acts of Mercy, for the Middlesex Hospital. Since that was demolished the paintings are now held by the Wellcome Institute. Died in a nursing home at 1 Ladbroke Square, Kensington.
The drawing is a 1898 self-portrait.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
F. Cayley Robinson
In these studios lived and worked the artists: Charles Ricketts 1866 - 1931, ...
"Helping museums and galleries buy art for everyone to enjoy". Previously known as the National Art Collections Fund.
Bookbinder and printer. Born Thomas James Sanderson at Alnwick, Northumberland. He married Anne Cobden (suffragette daughter of Richard) in 1882 and added her surname to his. He was a friend of Edw...
An extremely rich art collector and Francophile. Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet of Sudbourne Hall in Suffolk; of Hertford House in London; of Antrim Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; of 2 ...
Son of Richard and younger brother of the better known David and Jonathan.
Comic artist and illustrator. Born in Finsbury Park. He started his career as a book illustrator, and during WW1 began drawing cartoons of unlikely secret weapons. His later works of wonderfully co...
Impresario and Companion Water Rat. Brother of Lord Lew Grade. The photo shows Delfont (on right) with Neil Diamond.
Soldier. Born John George Pattison. He emigrated to Canada where he enlisted to fight in WW1. He was posted to France, and on the 10th April 1917 he fought in the battle of Vimy Ridge. The advance ...
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
And they say that no one ever put up a plaque to a committee! Ornamental Passions points out the flowers and the rustic fence.
Architect. Born at 16 Onslow Square. Specialised in English country houses. Chosen as the consulting architect for Hampstead Garden Suburb and designed two churches there. One of the four principal...
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