Person    | Male  Born 2/3/1849  Died 12/12/1916

Joseph William Comyns Carr

Born 47 Devonshire Street. Author, gallery director and theatre manager. In 1877 he became co-director of the Grosvenor Gallery in Bond Street, which promoted the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He managed the Lyceum Theatre from 1899 to 1904, and was artistic adviser at the Covent Garden Theatre from 1913 to 1914, where he staged the first English performance of Richard Wagner’s opera ‘Parsifal’.  His brother was Jonathan Carr. Died 6 Canning Street, South Kensington.

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Joseph William Comyns Carr

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Rossetti fountain

Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...

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Chelsea College of Art & Design

Chelsea College of Art & Design

From their website: "Chelsea College of Arts is one of London's most prestigious art and design colleges." From c.2005 based at the Millbank Prison site.

Group, Art, Craft / Design, Education

1 memorial
John Callcott Horsley

John Callcott Horsley

Painter. Born Brompton Row.  Designer of the first Christmas card.  His sister married I. K. Brunel.  A religious man, his objection to the prevalence of paintings of nudes caused 'Punch' to nickna...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Boris Anrep

Boris Anrep

Mosaic artist. Also wrote poetry in Russian and English. Born Russia. Came to England in 1899 to learn English. Spent time in St Petersburg, Edinburgh and Paris. A 1904 visit to see the mosaics in ...

Person, Art, Craft / Design, Russia

3 memorials
Arts Council of England / Great Britain

Arts Council of England / Great Britain

1940 the Committee for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was set up by Royal Charter.  About 1946 it became the Arts Council of Great Britain and in 1994 it was split into national bodies,...

Group, Art

15 memorials
David Cox

David Cox

Landscape painter.  Born near Birmingham. Came to London in 1804 as a theatre scenery painter.  He was a teacher and wrote some influential instruction books.  A very successful water colour painte...

Person, Art

2 memorials