Water colour painter. Born Stoke-on-Trent. Came to London to study painting. Died at home, 40 Upper Gower Street.
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Peter De Wint
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William Roberts
Artist. Founder member of the short-lived British Vorticist group and a WW1 war artist.The William Roberts Society's website (see Picture Source) has much information, especially on the house in...
Jill (Gillian) Greenwood
March 2023: Susanna (Greenwood) Taylor contacted us to say that her mother painted the plaques for Julian Huxley and Maggie's Corner. "She was Huxley's cousin and her name was Jill (Gillian) Greenw...
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...
John Tallis
Cartographic publisher. He set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842, moving to Smithfield in 1846. The company published views of London and world atlases. He started 'The...
Bruce Williams
Artist. He describes himself as 'a figurative, expressionist painter who is constantly at odds with creating the pictorial image'.
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King Charles I
Born Fife. Until the age of 11 he was only the 'spare' but then his 18-year old brother Henry died (probably of typhoid) and Charles became the heir, ascending the throne in 1625 on the death of hi...
Ernest J. Leach
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
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