1895

James Leathart

Categories: Industry

Born Alston, Cumberland. Lead manufacturer and art collector. He worked for the company of Locke, Blackett & Co. In Newcastle for most of his career, eventually becoming sole managing partner. Although his salary never exceeded £600 per annum, he managed to assemble one of the finest collections of contemporary art in England. He introduced the works of the Pre-Raphaelites into the conservative community of Newcastle businessmen. Died Gateshead, County Durham.

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James Leathart

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Rossetti fountain

Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...

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Central London Building Co. Ltd

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2 memorials

National Union of Public Employees

Group, Industry, Social Welfare

1 memorial

Brilliant Sign Company

Signage company. It was named after their concept called the 'brilliant letter'. This comprised a pressed copper sheet with a v-shaped cross section so as to imitate the classic incised wooden fasc...

Group, Commerce, Industry

2 memorials

Royal Doulton / Doulton Potteries

Ceramic manufacturing company. Began with a factory at Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth. Initially a partnership of John Doulton, Martha Jones, and John Watts, Jones left in 1820 leaving the company name as ...

Group, Craft / Design, Industry

39 memorials

Chelsea Electricity Supply Co. Ltd

At British History we found this: "The Chelsea Electricity Supply Company, with premises in Draycott Place, empowered to supply electricity in 1886, commenced supply in 1889, in competition with th...

Group, Industry

1 memorial

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EC1, Edward Street

This plaque was created specifically to fill the gap left by the corrected Pumping Works plaque which was reerected in 2H. The hero's sur...

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Henry Hugh Armstead

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 ...

Person, Art

68 memorials

Frank Meisler

Architect and sculptor. Born Danzig. Arrived in England via the Kindertransport. Active in 2006. Art Forum obit. Born in what was then Danzig and is now Gdansk, Poland. Meisler was himself one of t...

Person, Architecture, Sculpture, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland

1 memorial

John Nash

Born in London. Notable works: Regent Street, Royal Opera Arcade and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Much of his work was for the Prince Regent but we've heard that Mrs Nash gave birth to an illegiti...

Person, Architecture, Seriously Famous

7 memorials

Paul Bernard Frankenberg

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial