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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Royal Society of Arts Murals
Painted by the artist James Barry. They show, 'Orpheus', 'A Grecian Harvest-Home', 'Crowning the Victors at Olympia', 'Commerce or the Triumph of the Thames', 'The Distribution of Premiums in the S...
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Carrie Reichardt
Artist active in 2020 with a number of long-running projects, and involved in a number of campaigns. She is a long-time campaigner against the death penalty and communicated with Herman Wallace for...
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Joseph William Comyns Carr
Born 47 Devonshire Street. Author, gallery director and theatre manager. In 1877 he became co-director of the Grosvenor Gallery in Bond Street, which promoted the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brother...
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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Died near Oxford, on his way to Buxton to take the baths.
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Canadian Firefighters
The idea of the fire fighters volunteering to assist Britain was developed between the British government and the then Canadian Prime Minister, Mackenzie King. The Canadian fire fighters museum web...
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Trevor Burfield
Owner and/or manager of the development company Centremoor Ltd in 1972. Arranged for the erection of the replacement plaque commemorating Lenin, on 16 Percy Circus. Present at the unveiling. His c...
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Dick Moy
Richard Francis Moy was born on 6 May 1932, the son of Richard Albert Moy (1902-1971) and Doris Winifred Garrood (1907-2009). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1932 in the Lambeth regi...
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