Person    | Male  Born 10/10/1827  Died 9/3/1907

Frederic George Stephens

Born 10th October 1827, Walworth. Art critic and historian. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1844 where he met Millais and Holman Hunt with whom he joined to found the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. He realized he was not going to succeed as a painter and destroyed all but six of his works. He became art critic for ‘The Athenaeum’ and produced a number of publications concerning British artists. Died 9 Hammersmith Terrace.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Frederic George Stephens

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Rossetti fountain

Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...

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Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott

Artist and book illustrator.

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Led by Donkeys

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Philip de Laszlo

Philip de Laszlo

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Peckham Shed

Peckham Shed

A theatre company run for children and young people aged five to seventeen years old. Originally set up by Chicken Shed, a similar theatre company based in Cockfosters.

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1 memorial
Jacques Lipchitz

Jacques Lipchitz

Born as Chaim Jacob Lipchitz Druskieniki, Lithuania. Died on the island of Capri and was buried on Har Hamenuhot, Jerusalem. External website provides a good chronology and pictures of some works .

Person, Art, Sculpture, Israel/Palestine, Italy, Lithuania

2 memorials