Firm of sculptors. Founded by William Farmer (1825-1879) and William Brindley. Worked on many buildings including the Natural History Museum, the Albert Memorial and Holborn Viaduct. In 1929 the firm merged with another and all its records were lost. The image is a 1910 advertisement.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Farmer & Brindley
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Cardinal Newman - statue
On the wall of the Oratory behind there are two sculptured plaques with flowe...
Maughan - Edward III
By 1377 the House of Converts, on this site, was largely unused so the king, ...
Maughan - Henry III
The building Henry clutches represents the House of the Converts which he bui...
Victoria's column
Unveiled by Princess Louise, and her husband the Duke of Argyll in 1904 in Ke...
Other Subjects
George Henry Paulin
Sculptor. born Scotland. Known as Harry. Served inWW1 first in the army as a trooper, then in the Royal Flying Corps, then in the Royal Naval Air Service which became the Royal Air Force. So h...
John Thomas
Born Gloucestershire. A prolific Victorian sculptor. The splendid Speel gives this list of other works in London: pediment of Paddington Station Great Western Hotel; decorative work on the piers o...
Graham Ibbeson
born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Probably his best known work is the Statue of Eric Morecambe, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II in Morecambe, Lancashire.
Raymond Ewers
Born Australia. Served in WW2 initially as a sapper and then as a war artist.
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Indian National Congress
One of the two major political parties in India, and one of the largest and oldest democratically-operating parties in the world.
Wallace Bligh Cheesman
Trade unionist in the General Post Office (affiliated to the Western District Office). Became Secretary of the Fawcett Association in 1892, a post from which he was dismissed, together with the ch...
Mary Kingsley
Traveller and ethnologist. Born Islington as Mary Henrietta Kingsley. Only after the death of her parents could she fulfil her aspirations of travel. Her first book, "Travels in West Africa", publi...
Killby & Gayford
This company, reportedly 150 years old, had remodelled No 10 Downing Street and refurbished the Wallace Collection art gallery, but collapsed with massive debts in 2012.
Mrs Gay Christiansen
Founder of the Kensington Society, lived at 18 Kensington Square. When she failed to stop the replacement of some houses in Young Street with an aggressively modern multi-storey car park she formed...
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