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
Creations i
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
Ralph Beyer
From Birkbeck : "Sculptor, Ralph Beyer, who died in 2008 aged 86, fled from Nazi Germany arriving in England with his family in 1937 when he was 16 years old. His mother later returned to Germany ...
1 memorial
Sir Richard Westmacott
Sculptor. Born Grosvenor Square. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. His son, with the same name was also a successful sculptor. Died at home at 14 South Audley Street.
10 memorials
H. Tyson Smith
From Liverpool. Worked on a number of WW1 memorials. George Herbert Tyson Smith was born on 12 January 1883 in Liverpool, Lancashire, the eldest of four children of George H. Smith (b.1849) and Ma...
2 memorials
William Rodney Graham
A Canadian artist and musician who was known professionally as Rodney Graham. He was born on 16 January 1949 in British Columbia, Canada and was educated at the University of British Columbia, Van...
1 memorial
F. Brook Hitch
Born London. Lived in Hertford. RBS. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man, and found him at Mapping Sculpture, where the date of birth is given as 1877 which conflicts with Wikipedia...
2 memorials