Sculptor. Born in the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Much admired in his day, his work can be seen at St Paul's and at Westminster Abbey. In 1729, leaving a tavern at Christmas, he slipped and broke his leg. This was badly set and, after a long illness, he died. We understand that the Queen Anne statue in SW1 is a copy of that at St Pauls, and the one in Kingston, also by Bird, is a different statue.
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Henry VIII statue
This is apparently the only statue of King Henry the VIII on public display i...
Queen Anne statue, St Paul's
The 4 female figures around the base represent: Britannia, France, America, I...
Queen Anne Statue - SW1
Made for the portico of St Mary-le-Strand but it was never erected there. It ...
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
Poet, writer, artist and gardener. Born in the Bahamas to Scottish parents and brought up in Scotland. Studied at Glasgow School of Art. Combined his interests by installing concrete poetry in his ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
William Wagstaff
William Wheatley Wagstaff. Sculptor, architectural sculptor, stone carver, sculpture business and foundry owner. Born Keighley, West Yorkshire. By 1910 he had moved to London. WW1 he was employed ...
2 memorials
Jaspar Latham
Master mason who worked with Christopher Wren in the City of London after the Great Fire. His masterpiece is considered the funeral monument to Archbishop Gilbert Sheldon (1598-1677) in St John the...
2 memorials