Born London, she became the first female president of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 1990, a post she held for six years (giving her the post-nominal letters PPRSS). Co-opted member of the Windrush Commemoration Committee.
The picture source has a career biography. Her name is often given without the 'Davis'.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Philomena Davidson Davis
The original bronze statue by Wade in 1897 was stolen in 1971 when it was saw...
Unveiled on Windrush day in 2022. The full poem is available at Laura Serrant.
Sculptor. Born Brixton. Studied in Berlin. Died at King's College Hospital. We know of only two works displayed in the open in London: the two memorials listed here: Victoria and the Temple Bar...
Sculptor. Born Nottingham, son of an Italian immigrant. Apprenticed to Locatelli, they arrived in London in 1775 and carved the medallions at the Middlesex Sessions House. Achieved a good reputatio...
Artist, sculptor. Born Devonshire Street. Designer of the prehistoric 'monsters' original made for and exhibited at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park but now in Crystal Palace Park. They were moved...
Bronze. Unveiled by Princess of Argyll 20 July 1900. A year later another version was unveiled at Westminster City School. Are these the ...
The bronze panel depicts an everyday scene in London at that time - that of a Peeler rescuing the terrified occupants of a carriage drawn...
Extra Assistant 4th Engineer (Refrigeration) on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, And...
Academic, writer and Labour councillor for Camden. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Brian Charles M Weekes was born on 7 November 1935 and his birth was registered in Woo...
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