Person    | Male  Born 1856  Died 26/5/1924

F. W. Pomeroy

Categories: Sculpture

Born London. His London work includes the 1906 Lady Justice on the dome of the Old Bailey and from Speel we learn that Pomeroy also did four enormous figures on the upstream side of Vauxhall Bridge, and the Boer War Memorial inside Guildhall. Died Kent.

RBKC's paper gives: "A long time resident of Kensington, he lived initially at 15 Douro Place and then, from 1907 to his death in 1924, at 15 Kensington Square."

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F. W. Pomeroy

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Francis Bacon

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Kensington War Memorial

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Queen Victoria - Woolwich TH

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Thomas Gray

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Michael Hewan Crichton

Michael Hewan Crichton

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Horace Montford

Horace Montford

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Les Johnson

Les Johnson

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Lydia Becker

Lydia Becker

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Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray

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Royal Mail

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