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
Anthony White Southwell
Anthony White Southwell was born on 21 November 1936 in Surbiton, Surrey, the son of Arthur Joseph White Southwell (1897-1962) and Eva Winifred Southwell née Monk (1898-1963). His birth was registe...
Lillie Read
Sculptor active in 1914. Also worked on Giles Gilbert Scott's Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, in particular the carved figures of children in C15 Italian Renaissance style, in the Lady Chapel.
Sylvia Gilley
Sculptor. Gilley was a studio assistant to Frank Dobson 1930-1939. The image is a self-portrait from 1936.
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Foot-and-mouth epidemic
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Sutton Adult School
Founded by Thomas Wall. It is now called the Thomas Wall Centre.
Rotherhithe Old Town Hall
Built in 1895 by the architects Murray and Foster. The caryatides can be seen in the image either side of the entrance at the right. In 1905 Rotherhithe merged with Bermondsey and St Olave and t...
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poet and Jesuit priest. Born 87 The Grove, Stratford, of Welsh ancestry. 1852 the family moved to Hampstead and GMH attended Highgate School where he flourished. At Oxford University he converted ...
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