Jean-Antoine Houdon was born in Versailles, France, on 20 March 1741. He died, aged 87 years, in Paris, France, on 15 July 1828 and his body was buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery, 3 Bd Edgar Quinet, 75014 Paris, France.
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Jean-Antoine Houdon
The marble original is in Richmond, Virginia, USA. This bronze copy was prese...
Sculptor. Born Norwich. Professor of sculpture at the Royal College of Art, 1960–80. Died at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead. Tate holds some of his work but we are not aware of any other pu...
Sculptor. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Charles Edward Whiffen was born in 1867 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the son of Edward Whiffen and Jane Whiffen née Adams. Hi...
Anthony White Southwell was born on 21 November 1936 in Surbiton, Surrey, the son of Arthur Joseph White Southwell (1897-1962) and Eva Winifred Southwell née Monk (1898-1963). His birth was registe...
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
1908 Formed as West End Theatre Managers. 1976 By now it is called Society of West End Theatre. 1994 Renamed Society of London Theatre.
Author of over 50 delightful novels. Born at 16 Keppel Street. Worked for the GPO (General Post Office) 1834 - 59 and introduced the free-standing postbox ('pillar box') to the UK, an idea stolen f...
Town in Egypt. The name means 'two worlds'. It was the scene of two battles in 1942, fought by Britain and its allies against the axis of Germany and Italy.
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