Born Marcus Clayton Stone in London, the son of artist Frank Stone who was friends with Thackeray and Dickens. Trained by his father, he was exhibiting at the Royal Academy before he was eighteen. He was recommended by Dickens as an illustrator to several magazines. Elected as an associate to the Royal Academy in 1877. Many of his paintings are of historical incidents. Died at his home, 8 Melbury Street, Kensington.
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Marcus Stone
Illustrator. Born Charles William James Keeping in Lambeth. Initially he worked as an illustrator of children's books, and then undertook for the Folio Society, the massive task of illustrating all...
History painter. Born London (probably 6 Northampton Street). From about 1888 he lived at The Towers, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, where he died.
Son of Richard and younger brother of the better known David and Jonathan.
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,...
Private members club founded by, amongst others, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and Lord Leighton. "This Club is instituted for the purpose of facilitating the social intercourse of those conne...
Pioneer of good design for London Transport. Born Lincolnshire. Click on the picture source web site for more information.
An automated light metro system, opened in 1987 and extended four times. 2024: Londonist have an excellent Brief History Of The DLR.
Architect. Born Ramsgate, son of Augustus Welby. Designed Catholic churches in the neo-Gothic style. Surviving works in London: St Monica's and English Martyrs in Prescot Street E1. Died at ho...
We always knew about this statue but only realised it was a memorial in October 2016 when it was nominated by sculptor Steven Claydon as ...
Founder of the USSR. Born and died in Russia. Political theorist and Communist revolutionary. Reviewing a book on Lenin in the Observer, 23 October 2016, Nigel Jones wrote: "... once in power Lenin...
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