Sculptor. Born Darlington. Sponsored at college by Henry Moore. Aitkin's website.
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John Atkin
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Power Station - cogs sculpture
This bronze work, "Powerhouse", was inspired by salvage from the original pow...
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William Wagstaff
William Wheatley Wagstaff. Sculptor, architectural sculptor, stone carver, sculpture business and foundry owner. Born Keighley, West Yorkshire. By 1910 he had moved to London. WW1 he was employed ...
Eric Kennington
Artist and sculptor. Born Chelsea. Served on the Western Front in WW1 and was invalided out in June 1915.
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Terence MacSwiney
SW2, Lyham Road, Rear wall of Brixton Prison
The design of this spray-painted graffiti is cheekily copied from the English Heritage blue plaques. According to Wikipedia MacSwiney "w...
London Stone - 2019
EC4, Cannon Street, 111
The Stone is not inscribed - the lettering you can see is a reflection from the pavement: "Look both ways".
Pop goes the weasel
World Wide Words provides the following explanation: Some of the references are now quite opaque, but we can take a fair shot at a few. In the second verse, the City Road was, still is, a well-know...
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Founded as the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to include cattle troughs in 1867. London...
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