Person    | Male  Born 1863  Died 1931

Sir Bertram Mackennal

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: Australia

Born in Melbourne, Australia. Came to London to study at the British Museum and the Royal Academy. Also spent some time in Paris where he was influenced by Rodin. Was an associate member of the Royal Academy.

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Sir Bertram Mackennal

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Edward VII statue - Waterloo Place

Unveiled by George V, his son.

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Lord Curzon statue

See the unveiling and hear Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's speech at ITN Sou...

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Paul's Cross and the Richards family

The figure on top is St Paul, of course.

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South African War

We are told by the people at The Register of the Anglo-Boer War that this war...

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Other Subjects

Harry Bates

Harry Bates

Sculptor.  Born Stevenage.  the picture source gives a good bio, and has photos of some of his work included the ornate corbels at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Great Swan Alley, Moorga...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Mihail Chemiakin

Mihail Chemiakin

Sculptor. He spent his early years in East Germany, where his father was serving in the army. Returning to Russia, he worked at the Hermitage museum. He was exiled in 1971 for failing to conform to...

Person, Sculpture, France, Germany, Russia

1 memorial
Sculpture Castings Ltd

Sculpture Castings Ltd

From their website: "Sculpture Castings is a leading fine art foundry based in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Offering the complete foundry service and using a range of traditional skills..." Oddly the Ar...

Group, Craft / Design, Sculpture

1 memorial
Nico Widerberg

Nico Widerberg

Sculptor. Born Oslo, the son of a distinguished painter. A memorial by Widerberg stands in 53 of the municipalities in Norway affected by the 2011 attacks (which mainly took place in a summer camp ...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Henry William McCarthy

Henry William McCarthy

Born Chelsea.  Died Lambeth. Bolckow's Flickr page shows another McCarthy memorial, to Cardinal Herbert Alfred Vaughan, and asserts that McCarthy had worked for John Francis Bentley at Westminster...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial

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Sir Herbert Baker

Sir Herbert Baker

Architect. Born and brought up in Kent, trained as an architect in London. 1892 went to South Africa where he gained many important commissions. During a brief return to Britain in 1904 he married....

Person, Architecture

3 memorials
J. Bartlett

J. Bartlett

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
George Lansbury - stone

George Lansbury - stone

E3, Bow Road, 39

Lansbury's house was destroyed by bombs only a few months after he died. We're sure Tower Hamlets had a good reason for creating a new pl...

1 subject commemorated
London Bridge alcoves in Victoria Park - Bow plaque

London Bridge alcoves in Victoria Park - Bow plaque

E9, Victoria Park

There are two alcoves, placed some distance apart so we have only photoed one. Both of them have both memorials.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber

Born Eutin, Germany, died London, from tuberculosis. A sick man he came to London to write the English opera Oberon which received an enthusiastic reception at Covent Garden in April 1826.

Person, Music / songs, Germany

2 memorials