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 seems also to have specialised in animals.
Londonphiles may have heard of Dixon Snr before since, commissioned by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London, he created a series of photographs of buildings threatened with demolition in the late 19th century.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Harry Dixon
Of the four lions that used to flank the entrance to the Imperial Institute t...
Participants in the creation of the Will Crooks mural.
Socialite and wealthy patron of the arts. Born in Chelsea as Maud Julia Augusta Nelke, daughter of Paul Nelke, a German Jew who was the senior partner in Nelke, Phillips & Bendix. Her grandfat...
Painter. Born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Known as Frank, his forte was in portraiture and he also painted over forty large canvases of historical and national events. He also produced a large qua...
Drawing master, social reformer and inventor. Wikipedia's page differs significantly from the Oxford Dictionary of National Bigraphy. They agree that he was born in Kent and trained as a painter. H...
Architects, active c.1886-1928. Tower Hamlets Idea Catalogue provides the following: "The brothers John {Flint Clarkson, we believe} (1838-1918) and Samuel Flint Clarkson (c 1839-1915) were born ...
This page brings together all the memorials that we have for civilians killed in London by acts of war, including terrorism. It is related to a very interesting campaign for a Citizens Memorial "to...
We are guessing that the plaque was fixed to the oblong section of wall that you can see in our photo, above the head of the seated person.
Initially this plaque looked like it was raised by a man simply concerned about his property. The only notable Warburton we could find in the area is a Dr Warburton who managed the insane asylum w...
Much of the following information comes from the very helpful Gill Clegg's Chiswick History page. 1707 a charity school was founded at St Nicholas church near the river. It expanded until in 1813 ...
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