Person    | Male  Born 25/7/1931  Died 26/3/2022

James Butler RA

Categories: Sculpture

One of Britain's foremost figurative sculptors. Born New Cross. Interestingly, his stevedore father built his childhood home in West Malling, Kent. Appointed MBE in 2009.

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James Butler RA

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Earl Alexander of Tunis

{On the front of the plinth:} Field Marshal the Earl Alexander of Tunis, 1891...

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Fleet Air Arm

This bronze figure represents Daedalus, the Greek guy who crafted wings for h...

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James Greathead statue

Note that part of the Greathead shield used in digging the tunnels at Bank St...

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Skipping Katie

The inspiration for the statue was the sculptor's daughter Kate skipping in t...

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Wilkes

The Wilkes squint has been faithfully reproduced in the statue.

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Other Subjects

Alfred George Stevens

Alfred George Stevens

Sculptor. Born Blandford Forum. Spent most of his life and energy creating the Wellington memorial in St Paul's Cathedral. The railings with lions (also by Stevens) around this were originally, 185...

Person, Sculpture, Belgium

2 memorials
Derwent Wood

Derwent Wood

Sculptor. Born Francis Derwent Wood at Eskin Place, Caslerigg, St John's, Keswick, Cumberland. His family moved to Switzerland and then Germany, where he studied and became proficient in three lang...

Person, Sculpture, Germany, Scotland, Switzerland

3 memorials
Martin Ludlow

Martin Ludlow

Sculptor.  From minutes of the Trustees committee: "Martin was the visionary, designer, sculptor, diplomat, executor and custodian of the Flame. He, alone in Methodism, was able to carry this off w...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial