Artist and lithographer.
Born Plymouth. Elected to the Institute of Painters in Water Colour in 1838 and then, 2 years later, emigrated to Australia where he was extremely successful. Returned to England and died at 4 Leighton Crescent, Kentish Town.
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John Skinner Prout
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John Skinner Prout
John Skinner Prout, 1805 - 1876, artist and lithographer, lived here, 1838 to...
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Sir Alfred Munnings
Born Mendham, Suffolk. Artist specializing in paintings of horses and an opponent of ‘modernism’. The loss of an eye in 1898 did not impair his ability to paint. Knighted 1944. Died at home in ...
2 memorials
Peter Vanderbank
Engraver. Probably born Paris. Came to London in 1674. Died at his brother's in Hertfordshire.
1 memorial
Flower Fairy Books
A series of books created by the illusrator Cicely Mary Barker. The first one was published in 1923
1 memorial
James McNeill Whistler
Painter and printmaker, born in Worthen Street, Lowell, Massachussetts. His family moved to Russia in 1843 and he received his first formal art instruction at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, St ...
3 memorials
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Blow-up bridge
NW1, towpath
'Blow-up' bridge At 3am on 2 October 1874, the boat 'Tilbury', carrying gunpowder to a quarry in the Midlands, exploded, demolishing the ...
1 subject commemorated,
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Sir Montagu Sharpe, KBE, KC, DL
Politician, lawyer, ornithologist and amateur archaeologist. Magistrate and Chairman of the Middlesex County Council. Born Paddington. Knighted in 1922 and became a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Middle...
Person, Benefactor, History, Law, Politics & Administration, Romans
4 memorials
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