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

F. W. Pomeroy

F. W. Pomeroy

Born London. His London work includes the 1906 Lady Justice on the dome of the Old Bailey and from Speel we learn that Pomeroy also did four enormous figures on the upstream side of Vauxhall Bridge...

Person, Sculpture

4 memorials
Kreshnik Xhiku

Kreshnik Xhiku

Sculptor. Born in Albania and now resident in the USA. His works include memorials to the Albanian hero George Skanderbeg in London, Macedonia and Michigan, and a monument to Mother Teresa of Calcu...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Artist, sculptor. Born Devonshire Street. Designer of the prehistoric 'monsters' original made for and exhibited at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park but now in Crystal Palace Park. They were moved...

Person, Art, Sculpture

1 memorial
Enzo Plazzotta

Enzo Plazzotta

Sculptor. Born at Mestre, near Venice. Worked in London for more than half his life. Other works here include: 'Young Dancer' at Bow Street/Broad Court.  Ornamental Passions has a very information ...

Person, Sculpture, Italy

2 memorials
Alan Wilson

Alan Wilson

Sculptor based at Henley on Thames.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial

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King George VI

King George VI

Became king when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Like his father George V, he was born a second son and rather unexpectedly ascended to the throne. Like his grandfather, Edward VII, he was bor...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous

26 memorials
Atkinsons Carillon

Atkinsons Carillon

The only carillon in London. Dictionary definition of 'Carillon': a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either from a set of keys and pedals or mechanically.

Place, Music / songs

1 memorial
Hugh Price Hughes

Hugh Price Hughes

Methodist preacher. Born Wales. Died at home in London. From West London Mission history page: "The West London Mission (WLM) was established in 1887 as part of a new initiative within Methodism –...

Person, Religion, Social Welfare, Wales

1 memorial