Born 6 Oval Road, Camden Town. Also did the bronze group with clock at the entrance to Selfridges, Oxford Street (1928), the lovely sculptural work on 1 Wigmore Street (1925) as shown at Ornamental Passions and the reliefs at the Fire Brigade HQ. Also see Father Jellicoe for information about some very unusual Bayes work. Died Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, Marylebone. In the family photo Gilbert is on the right.
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Gilbert Bayes
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Gilbert Bayes
Gilbert Bayes, 1872 - 1953, sculptor, lived here 1931 - 1953. English Heritage
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Gilbert Bayes
Creations Information
Harry Selfridge at Selfridges
The feet of all the customers visiting "this house" have, over the years, sof...
Joseph Priestley statue
The thinker in a cubby-hole effect is enhanced by being shrouded in netting (...
Saville Theatre - Holmes
Ornamental Passions thinks this probably represents Tod Slaughter in the role...
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L. A. Malempre
From Mapping Sculpture we learn that Louis Auguste Malempré was born Belgium in about 1820. He had various addresses in London from 1854 on. Died London, probably at19 Lower Philimore Place, a subs...
John Bacon the Elder
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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
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Sir William Reynolds-Stephens
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