Person    | Female  Born 24/3/1949 

Philomena Davidson Davis

Categories: Sculpture

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'.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Philomena Davidson Davis

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Lady Somerset and temperance

The original bronze statue by Wade in 1897 was stolen in 1971 when it was saw...

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Francis Bird

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Albert Bruce-Joy

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Henry Poole

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Jim Guy

Jim Guy

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