Sculptor. CBE, RA. Born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone Road, London. Enlisted with The Artists' Rifles in World War I. Died Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington. (Not to be confused with Frank Dobson, the London MP active around 2000-15.)
Our picture shows Dobson in illustrious company: Augustus John, Constantin Brancusi, Frank Dobson.
2017: Dobson's Woman & Fish sculpture is discussed at Spitalfield's Life.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Frank Dobson
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Frank Dobson
According to the very interesting London Sundials this is "not a sundial but ...
London Pride. Frank Dobson CBE, RA. 1886 - 1963. Commissioned for The Festi...
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The lowest element of this memorial ("Eton Manor will always....") projects from the wall and is somewhat reminiscent of a sarcophagus. W...
Novelist and poet. Born as Marguerite Radclyffe Hall in Bournemouth into a wealthy family. From 1917 until her death Hall lived with Una Troubridge but had a number of affairs with other women. T...
Placed at the service of the war office during the Great War and was occupied by sick and wounded soldiers of the British Expeditionary Forces from October 1914 until the 31st January 1918. 5406 s...
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched the name of Howard Morley and is convinced this is our man. Howard Morley was born on 8 November 1846, the fourth of the eight children of Samuel Morley...
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Plaistow Road, E15 on 19 March 1941. Fireman Leslie John Palmer was born on 3 January 1910 in Penge, Kent, the 4th son of George Walter Palmer (b. 1869...
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