Sculptor. Born Hampstead. Spent much of his life in Esher with Grapes House being his home and studio. Specialised in portraits of Queen Victoria who favoured him.
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Francis John Williamson
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Queen Victoria statue - Croydon
{On a bronze plaque on the front of the plinth:} Victoria regina et imperatri...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Charles Leonard Hartwell, RA, FRBS, RBC.
He was a Member of the Royal Academy. The picture is a self-portrait. Much information about this sculptor can be found on his Wikipedia page, on the Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculptur...
3 memorials
1 memorial
2 memorials
Henry Bursill
Bursill also sculpted the allegorical statues on Holborn bridge and seems to be the same man who produced a book on hand shadows in 1851. See Speel for some more info on Bursill.
3 memorials
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John H. Foley
Born Dublin. Works include: Albert and the group Asia, both at the Albert Memorial, After Foley's death the statue of Albert was finished by his assistant Thomas Brock. Died at home, The Priory, Up...
4 memorials
War dead, WW2
2 memorials
London Charterhouse
Carthusian priory, founded by Sir Walter Manny and Bishop Michael Northburg of London. Inhabited by 25 monks. The priory was suppressed in 1538 (re: Dissolution of the Monesteries) and the land pas...
2 memorials
Thames watermen
From the earliest days until the mid-18th century the Thames was the preferred route for travelling east-west across London, and a barrier which had to be crossed by boat to travel north-south. By...
1 memorial
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