Artist. Born at 4 Spring Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire. He studied at the Slade School of Art in London, and at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Principal of The Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1935. He was an official artist in both world wars. Died at Iles Farm, Far Oakridge, near Bisley, Gloucestershire.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir William Rothenstein
Sir William Rothenstein, 1872 - 1945, painter and writer, lived here 1899 - 1...
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...
Illustrator. Born Somerset. In November 1835 Seymour, a successful illustrator, aged 38, known for comic sporting prints suggested to the publishers Chapman and Hall a project, a series of illust...
Painter. Born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Known as Frank, his forte was in portraiture and he also painted over forty large canvases of historical and national events. He also produced a large qua...
This plaque is in the same style as others erected by Firemen Remembered, although they are not acknowledged on the plaque itself.
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
The address of Potter's house was 2 Bolton Gardens. From Londonist: She was born here and "Beatrix lived in the house until her marriage...
A nearby information board informs: The Caryatides of Rotherhithe Old Town Hall Designed and constructed {* see our note below} by Henry...
Probably born in Carmarthen, south Wales. Architect and engineer. Employed by John Nash. Worked on the layout of Regent's Park and on the construction of the Regent's Canal as Chief Engineer of the...
