Person    | Male  Born 18/6/1828  Died 4/12/1905

Henry Hugh Armstead

Categories: Art

Sculptor and illustrator. Born Bloomsbury. Executed a large number of public statues and funerary works, and worked closely with George Gilbert Scott on the Albert Memorial. Died at home 52 Circus Road. The picture source leads you to other Armstead work.

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Henry Hugh Armstead

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Royal Institute of Oil Painters

Royal Institute of Oil Painters

It is unique in that it shows exclusively in oils. It was granted its royal status by King Edward VII in 1909. Famous artists who have exhibited, include Lawrence Alma-Tadeema, Walter Sickert and A...

Group, Art

1 memorial
George Richmond

George Richmond

History and portrait painter. Born: Brompton. Died London. Buried Highgate Cemetery (the new, east, section)

Person, Art

1 memorial
Stephen Pearce

Stephen Pearce

Portrait and equestrian painter. Our picture source gives a biography of his life. He was born on 16 November 1819, the son of Stephen Pearce (1780-1850) and Anne Pearce née Whittington (1778-1871...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Laurence Housman

Laurence Housman

Radical playwright, writer, illustrator, socialist, pacifist and founding member of the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage. The photo shows Housman in 1914. Brother to A. E. Housman. Studied art an...

Person, Art, Gender Issues, Theatre

1 memorial

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North London Railway

North London Railway

    Rail company. It had lines connecting the north of London to the East and West India Docks in the east of the city. The main east to west route is now part of London Overground's North London...

Place, Transport

1 memorial
Sir Mansfield Cumming

Sir Mansfield Cumming

First Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6. Born as Mansfield George Smith.  Began his career in the navy aged 13, but suffering severe sea-sickness he was retired in 1885, and married...

Person, Espionage, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Hay's Wharf

Hay's Wharf

The land between Tooley Street and the Thames has been occupied by wharves and warehouses since the middle ages. Hay's Wharf originated as a Tooley Street brew-house of which Alexander Hay took own...

Place, Commerce, Food & Drink

7 memorials
Peter Sloan

Peter Sloan

Chief Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website.

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial
W. Ireland

W. Ireland

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial