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
Hilda Seligman
Author and sculptor. Born Hilda Mary McDowell. In the 1930s she entertained both Mahatma Gandhi and Haile Selassie at her home in Wimbledon, and sculpted the bust of Selassie which now stands in Ca...
1 memorial
Laurence Bradshaw
Artist and sculptor. Born Liverpool. Socialist. Designed posters for London Transport 1935-1937. The only other London work of which we could find mention is a commission for eight bas-reliefs ...
1 memorial
Baron Carlo Marochetti
Born Turin. Lived in France most of his life but escaped to London in 1848. Became Victoria and Albert's favourite sculptor. Buried in France. His 1864 statue of Sir Mark Cubbon, created in London...
6 memorials
Alfred Frank Hardiman
Sculptor. Born 17 Orde Hall Street. The statue of Lord Haig is his best known work. Ornamental Passions tells us that Hardiman also produced four pieces of the sculpture on County Hall. Died Sto...
2 memorials
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Hampstead fire station
Tetramesh has a 1906 photo of this building showing that there used to be more to the tower.
2 memorials
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