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William Behnes
Born London but brought up in Dublin. Very successful and prolific sculptor but he was a difficult man with "evil habits" (which seem to have been mainly liquid) and never achieved membership of t...
Raymond Ewers
Born Australia. Served in WW2 initially as a sapper and then as a war artist.
Oliver Wheatley
For some more of his work in London see the ever excellent Ornamental Passions.
Ceccardo Egidio Fucigna
Born in Carrara, Italy. Active in England from about 1860.
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Wandsworth Council
London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Mary Ann Allcroft
When we published the memorial we had no information on this lady, on the plaque as “Mrs J. D. Allcroft”, but Deborah Hart Stock contacted us via Facebook with the gen: I suspect that she was the ...
Westminster School - Queen Elizabeth I statue
SW1, Dean's Yard, Westminster School
Brought to our attention by Londonist's rather tongue-in-cheek post, though we see what they mean about the Polo mint. The sculptor is an...
Bowler plaque - Book, Children and Eight Pencils
E1, Brick Lane
The two figures are inspired by the figures shown on the wall relief. These depict the two charity scholar figures that were on the facad...
Henry Robertson Bowers
One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Lieutenant in the Navy. Nicknamed Birdie due to his beak-like nose.
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