Person    | Male  Born 6/7/1755  Died 7/12/1826

John Flaxman

Categories: Sculpture

Born in York. Neo-classical sculptor.

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John Flaxman

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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial

This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...

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John Flaxman

John, sculptor, lived and died here, B. 1755, D. 1826, Flaxman. {In the borde...

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Henry Richard Hope Pinker

Henry Richard Hope Pinker

Bob Speel tells us that this sculptor's works are rare, in London at least, but he knows of some in Salisbury and Oxford. The NPG has "Hope-Pinker".

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John Tweed

John Tweed

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Simon Smith

Simon Smith

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Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Denys Mitchell

Denys Mitchell

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John Gordon Crawford

John Gordon Crawford

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James George White, Deputy

James George White, Deputy

Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.

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Henry Hugh Armstead

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68 memorials
John Harrison (clocks)

John Harrison (clocks)

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1 memorial
Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians

Founded by Thomas Linacre in 1518 with a charter granted by Henry VIII. Their first home was Linacre's own house in Knightrider Street. Their second home, at Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, was des...

Group, Education, Medicine

5 memorials