Person    | Male  Born 21/1/1869  Died 12/11/1933

John Tweed

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: Scotland

Sculptor. Born Glasgow. Good friend and associate of Rodin. Also by Tweed is the Wellington Monument in St. Paul’s Cathedral. Died in a nursing home at 18 Langham Street.

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John Tweed

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John Tweed SW10

The plaque gives his birth year as 1863, when, according to the Oxford Dictio...

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John Tweed

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Clive of India - statue

John Tweed was the sculptor of the statue.

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Kitchener statue

{On the front of the plinth:} Kitchener, 1850 - 1916 {On the front of the lo...

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Rifle Brigade - WW1 and WW2

There are 3 statues on this memorial: to the left - a rifleman of 1806; to th...

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