Artist and diplomat. Born in Siegen, Westphalia (modern day Germany). He studied art in Antwerp and Venice, and entered the service of Vincenzo Gonzago, Duke of Mantua, where he began a parallel career as a diplomat. Considered to be the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition, his compositions reflect aspects of classical and Christian history.
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Peter Paul Rubens
Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery, England's very first public ...
Born Holloway. Islington artist and Borough Architect for Islington in 1974. the Riviera Reporter contains an interview with Alfred Head.
Born County Clare, Ireland. Watercolour painter and art administrator. Appointed director of the National Gallery 1874 and knighted in 1884. Died 43 Argyle Road, Kensington.
Artist with the London Wall (women's) mural collective/group. Active 1989. Source: Art UK.
Artist and writer. Born Paris. Punch cartoonist. 1894 wrote the novel Trilby, from which comes the term "Svengali". In Hampstead lived at 4 Holly Mount, moved to Gangmoor House facing Whitestone P...
Person, Art, Humour, Literature, France
Augustus Edwin John was born Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Painter, draughtsman and etcher, specialized in portrait painting. Famous subjects include T.E. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw and Dy...
Held its first meeting, as the Professional Photographers Association, at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet Street.
This plaque is placed as close as possible to the site of the Hall.
The family who paid for the Guardian Angels Church and school consisted of: the 15th Duke of Norfolk, Sir Henry Fitzalan-Howard and his two sisters Lady Margaret and Lady Mary Howard. The Duke was...
We don't know when the tree was planted but presume it was a sapling at the time. We photographed it in 2013 so anyone who knows their tr...
Spies, basically (but see below), working for the UK in WW2. Formed by Churchill and variously known as "Churchill's Secret Army", "The Baker Street Irregulars", the Pythonesque "Ministry of Ungent...
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