Born Blackheath. Illustrator and painter. He was closely associated with the Old Watercolour Society, becoming president in 1871. He also achieved fame as an illustrator of Shakespeare’s works and as a contributor to the Illustrated London News. He was knighted in 1872. Died Ivy House, Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath.
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Sir John Gilbert
Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...
Mosaic artist active in 2009. She is the author of Roman Style: Mosaic Project Book.
Thomas Hearne was born on 22 September 1744 in Marshfield, Gloucestershire, the son of William and Prudence Hearne. He was baptised on 26 September 1744 in St Mary the Virgin Church, Marshfield. H...
Born Tipton, Staffordshire. Artist, one of the chief exponents of the ‘Glasgow Style’ of art. Married to Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The picture shows her seated in front of one of her works. Died 3...
Engraver. Probably born Paris. Came to London in 1674. Died at his brother's in Hertfordshire.
The plaque is to the right of the wall in shadow.
This is a real puzzle. Looks like the palmette in the Euston Road, also in the borough of Camden. They are both outside very interesting ...
The Latin quote is from the Roman poet Horace's Odes and translates roughly as "It is sweet and right to die for your country."
On the wall behind are two baskets for flowers and some screw holes. And on the wall a little to the left of the photo is another similar...
The Bayswater Athenaeum was built in 1863 by architect Arthur Billing of Newman and Billing. The name was originally inscribed in the pan...
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