Painter. Born Brompton Row. Designer of the first Christmas card. His sister married I. K. Brunel. A religious man, his objection to the prevalence of paintings of nudes caused 'Punch' to nickname him "Mr J. C(lothes) Horsley" (a pun on clothes horse, ho, ho, ho). His son Gerald was an architect. Died 1 High Row, Kensington.
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John Callcott Horsley
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Royal Albert Hall frieze
This ornate frieze, titled "The Triumph of Art and Letters", encircles the bu...
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Sir Charles Eastlake
First Director of the National Gallery. President of the Royal Academy. First President of the Royal Photographic Society. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Born in Plymouth, son ...
2 memorials
Thomas Hearne
Thomas Hearne was born on 22 September 1744 in Marshfield, Gloucestershire, the son of William and Prudence Hearne. He was baptised on 26 September 1744 in St Mary the Virgin Church, Marshfield. H...
1 memorial
Michelangelo
Sculptor, painter, architect and poet.
Person, Architecture, Art, Engineering, Poetry, Sculpture, Seriously Famous, Italy
5 memorials
1 memorial
Royal Society of Arts
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee House. They carried on meeting in coffee houses and taverns but as the society grew they needed more space. Shipley rented ...
18 memorials
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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Philip Jackson
Sculptor. Philip Henry Christopher Jackson was born Inverness. Studio in Midhurst, West Sussex. Other works: giant equestrian artwork of the Queen, erected in Windsor Great Park, to celebrate her g...
13 memorials
Sake Dean Mahomed
A Bengali Muslim, he joined the East India Company aged 11, where he served as a solder and fought a few times. Resigned in 1782 and two years later with his friend from the army Captain Godfrey Ev...
1 memorial
Claudia Jones - Carnival Village
W10, Powis Square, Carnival Village
The plaque is inside this building,in the foyer.
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
PRS for Music
Previously known as the Performing Rights Society. They have also erected plaques to Squeeze, Jethro Tull and Blur.
9 memorials
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