Person    | Male  Born 23/1/1888  Died 21/6/1960

Gilbert Ledward

Categories: Sculpture

Sculptor. born Chelsea. Studied under EdouardLantéri. Served in WW1 initially in the artillery and then as a war artist. Died at 31 Queen's Gate.

Three other notable works in London: firstly the Guards monument at Horse Guards. Secondly: 'Awakening' - a lovely early bronze female nude in Roper’s Garden, which is very close to the house in which he was born (though, annoyingly, we can't find that address). Thirdly: a late work was a stone frieze for Barclays Bank in Old Broad Street. The building was demolished in 1995 and the frieze held by the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. 2013 we learn at Gagarin Square that there are plans to put it on public show again in this new development in Southwark.

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Gilbert Ledward

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Charles II - Sloane Square

{Running around the urn near the top:} Sweet Thames run softly till I end my ...

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Nell Gwynne - Sloane Square

She's manipulating a fan but meanwhile, unnoticed by Nell, her dress has slip...

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C. H. Mabey

C. H. Mabey

Sculptor.  His father and son were also sculptors and at one time the ran a joint business so it's not always easy to know who did what. Also modelled the ornate dolphin lamp-posts on the Victoria...

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3 memorials
Jim Mathieson

Jim Mathieson

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Person, Sculpture, India, Scotland

1 memorial
Peter Scheemakers
3 memorials
Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin

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Person, Sculpture, Seriously Famous, France

1 memorial
Harry Dixon

Harry Dixon

Sculptor, painter, illustrator. Born Watford, son of the photographer, Henry Dixon, who specialised in animal photographs taken at London Zoo, near where they lived. So it's interesting that Harry ...

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1 memorial

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Mozart statue

Mozart statue

SW1, Orange Square

{Front of plinth:} Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born Salzburg 27th January 1759, died Vienna 5th December 1791. {Plaque on rear of plinth:}...

1 subject commemorated, 8 creators
Joe Slovo

Joe Slovo

South African freedom fighter. Born Lithuania. His family emigrated to South Africa when he was 8. Married First in 1949. died at home in Johannesburg, as a member of Nelson Mandela's government.

Person, Nationalism, Race Issues, Lithuania, South Africa

1 memorial