Born Mechelen, now in Belgium. Moved to England in late 17th century. His nephew, John Nost the Younger, carried on the business, and indeed we are not certain which one created the Geffrye statue. Other work in London: a kneeling Nubian in the Inner Temple Gardens.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
John Nost the Elder / John van Nost
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George II statue in Golden Square
Erected here in 1753. Previously it was at Cannons, the Duke of Chandos's hou...
Sir Robert Geffrye
This is a 1913 replica of the lead statue, the 1723 original of which was tak...
Other Subjects
Leslie Cubitt Bevis
Sculptor. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Leslie Cubitt Bevis was born on 29 May 1892 in Maidstone, Kent, the youngest of the three children of William Fish Foster Bevis (1860-1946)...
Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll
Born at Buckingham Palace, sixth child of Queen Victoria. Was a talented sculptress taught, and possibly more, by Joseph Boehm. In 1871 caused a stir by marrying John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, M...
Daniel Silver
London-based sculptor. Born London, raised in Jerusalem.
Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones
Born Aberdeen. Winner of the Prix de Rome. Other work in London includes the 1963 Joy of Life group in the Hyde Park fountain, pictured by Ornamental Passions.
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Hayley Gibbs
Sculptor. Another public statue by Gibbs, Nancy Astor, was unveiled on Plymouth Hoe 28 November 2019.
Guilders Stone
NW1, Canal tow path, Camden High Street
The phrase "Guilders Stone" has not been explained, other than a suggestion that it originally read "Builders Stone" and that a 1990s ren...
Joan Littlewood - Stratford statue
E15, Theatre Square, Theatre Royal Stratford East
This bronze statue, called The Mother of Modern Theatre, is based on an iconic photograph of Littlewood in the 1970s, when the theatre wa...
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