Portrait painter. His set of portraits of Kit-Cat Club members is on display in the National Portrait Gallery.
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Sir Godfrey Kneller
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William Hogarth
Satirical artist and illustrator. Trained as an engraver, he depicted the unseemly behaviour of contemporaries in works like 'The Beggar's Opera' (1728) and 'A Rake's Progress' (1732). Much of his ...
12 memorials
Stephen Pearce
Portrait and equestrian painter. Our picture source gives a biography of his life. He was born on 16 November 1819, the son of Stephen Pearce (1780-1850) and Anne Pearce née Whittington (1778-1871...
1 memorial
1 memorial
John Heartfield
Born Helmut Herzfeld in the outskirts of Berlin. Changed his name in 1917 in protest at the anti-British feelings in Germany. Fleeing the Nazis in 1938 he came to England where he was interned for ...
1 memorial
William Cleverly Alexander
A wealthy banker and art collector, who bought Aubrey House in 1873 for about £15,000. He was an important patron of Whistler. He died when he fell down the stairs of his country home Heathfield Ho...
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Professor Cecília Vajda
Britain's leading exponent of Kodaly's principles of musicianship training, founder of the British Kodaly Academy, Born in Budapest, Vajda studied with Kodály. From the Picture source: "... came t...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Auxiliary Fire Service / AFS
The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed in 1938 as part of the Civil Defence Service and was superseded in August 1941 by the National Fire Service. After the war the AFS was reformed alongside the C...
18 memorials
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