Person    | Male  Born 12/1/1856  Died 15/4/1925

John Singer Sargent

Categories: Art, Seriously Famous

Countries: Italy, USA

Born Florence, Italy. Prolific American painter, specializing in portraits. After 1910 he turned his attention to painting murals and watercolours of Alpine and Italian landscapes. Died Tite Street.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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John Singer Sargent

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Cross Keys pub

But not Dickens?

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John Singer Sargent

John S. Sargent. R.A., who was born in Florence Jan.12. MDCCCLVI., lived and ...

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King's Cross war memorial - 3. post-renovations

{On the left side of the rusty information panel:} The war memorial at King’s...

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Francis Léon Pither

Francis Léon Pither

Architect.  1881 living with his mother and brother.

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1 memorial
Gerald Moira

Gerald Moira

Gerald Edward Moira was an English painter best known for his murals. Born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat. His first commission was a mural for J. Lyons and Co., for the Trocad...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Peckham Space

Peckham Space

A purpose-built public gallery dedicated to commissioning location-specific artworks made in partnership with community groups in Peckham. The venue was designed by the Penson Group.

Place, Art, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Ford Madox Brown

Ford Madox Brown

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Person, Art, France

2 memorials
Leighton Fund

Leighton Fund

Originated as the bequest left by Lord Leighton in 1896. Bob Speel provides some useful information about what the fund has bought. The newspaper article quoted at Sloane Square fountain contains:...

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3 memorials

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Sidney Wildman

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
William Griggs

William Griggs

Photographer. Born at Woburn, where his father was a gate-keeper to the Duke of Bedford. At the age of 18 he came to London, and was employed in the Indian Court of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Hi...

Person, Photography

1 memorial