Sculptor. Born Lyon. Made his reputation in 1749 with the tomb of the Duke of Argyll in Westminster Abbey. Died penniless.
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Louis François Roubiliac
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Sir John Cass statue - Jewry Street
A statue was commissioned by the Sir John Cass Foundation in 1751. It was fir...
Sir Robert Cotton
This bust is a 20th-century replica after Louis-François Roubiliac, 1757.
William Shakespeare - British Library
An information panel informs that the statue was commissioned by David Garric...
Other Subjects
Gilbert Bayes
Born 6 Oval Road, Camden Town. Also did the bronze group with clock at the entrance to Selfridges; Oxford Street (1928); the lovely sculptural work on 1 Wigmore Street (1925) as shown at Ornamental...
11 memorials
John Gibson (sculptor)
Sculptor. Born near Conwy, Wales. Other work in London: Molyneux Mausoleum in Kensal Green Cemetery. Died Rome.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Matthew Cotes Wyatt
Son of the architect James Wyatt. Born Marylebone. From Your Archives "It was Wyatt who executed the enormous bronze equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington which stood on the top of the Welli...
1 memorial
Theodore Spicer Simson
Sculptor and medallist. On the page about his brother, Geoffrey, Wikipedia says "The eldest {sibling}, Theodore Spicer-Simson, became a world-famous medallion portrait artist, moving between France...
1 memorial
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Herbert Llewellyn Walton
Grandfather, milkman and theatre attendant. One of 7 brothers, came to Walthamstow from Isham, Northampton, a small village about midway between Leicester and Cambridge. Worked thirty years as a m...
1 memorial
Whitechapel Boys
From the Whitechapel Gallery: "A group of significant artists and writers emerged from the Jewish diaspora in east London at the beginning of the 20th Century." Artists: David Bomberg, Jacob Epste...
1 memorial
Alhambra Theatre
WC2, Charing Cross Road, 27-31
2017: The building is behind scaffolding and the, very 60s, front is being reclad. Let's hope the plaque survives. 2024: Richard Tinckne...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Festival of Britain
'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after WW2, and incidentally to celebrate the centenary of the 1851 Great Exhibition. The symbol for the Festival was designed ...
20 memorials
London Bridge - Duke Street Hill
SE1, Duke Street Hill, under the trees
These two piece of granite were discovered when the foundations for the Southwark Needle were being dug so they were erected as seats as ...
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
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