Person    | Male  Born 26/4/1850  Died 30/1/1899

Harry Bates

Categories: Sculpture

Sculptor. Born Stevenage. the picture source gives a good bio, and has photos of some of his work included the ornate corbels at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Great Swan Alley, Moorgate. Died at home, 10 Hall Road, St John's Wood. He left his widow destitute having himself funded the large and extravagant decorative bronze work on the pedestal of his Roberts statue in Calcutta.

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Harry Bates

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Roberts statue

Unveiled by the Duke of Connaught and we thank Jamie Davis for finding this l...

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Joseph Anton Couriguer

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Maurice Lambert

Maurice Lambert

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Percy Fitzgerald, FSA

Percy Fitzgerald, FSA

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Mary Thornycroft

Mary Thornycroft

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William Gilpin

William Gilpin

SM3, High Street, Cheam, Tabor Court

William Gilpin 1724 - 1804 These flats have been built on the site of Cheam School. From 1752 - 1777, William Gilpin, satirised by Willia...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Winston Churchill - SW7

Winston Churchill - SW7

SW7, Hyde Park Gate, 28

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1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Dieter Bock

Dieter Bock

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The Krays

The Krays

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1 memorial
Michael Faraday - N7 - M.F.

Michael Faraday - N7 - M.F.

N7, Faraday Close, 7, North Telephone Exchange

This extremely unusual memorial is a brass plate, only 4 or 5 inches across, fixed in the parquet floor at the site of Faraday’s pew when...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator