Born Aberdeen. Winner of the Prix de Rome. Other work in London includes the 1963 Joy of Life group in the Hyde Park fountain, pictured by Ornamental Passions.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones
Creations i
Livingstone statue
In Kensington Gore façade, on right of picture. The unveiling ceremony is de...
Other Subjects
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
A group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by : J. E. Millais, D. G. Rossetti and W. H. Hunt. By the autumn they were joined by W. M. Rossetti, T. Woolner, J. Collinson and F....
1 memorial
William Kent
Painter, architect, and designer of gardens and interior furnishings. Baptised in Yorkshire, on 1 January 1686. Began as a sign and coach painter. While on the Grand Tour he met his chief patron an...
Person, Architecture, Art, Craft / Design, Gardens / Agriculture
1 memorial
National Gallery
In the late 1700s national galleries were all the rage in Europe. A number of countries nationalised their royal collections but the British government instead wanted to purchase a major collection...
2 memorials
Secret Society of Super Villain Artists
From Facebook: "The Secret Society of Super Villain Artists was founded in 1921 by Silent Bill. Everything else remains secret. SSOSVA does not condone vandalism." For more information see BLocal ...
1 memorial
Omega Workshops
A design enterprise founded by Roger Fry and members of the Bloomsbury Group. The workshops, which included studios and showrooms were at 33 Fitzroy Square. The aim was to remove the perceived div...
1 memorial
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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
Sydney Albert Harding
SW1, Denbigh Street and St George's Drive
Shortly after we published, our colleague, Andrew Behan, spotted that we'd misread Harding's birth year. We had 1919 but on closer examin...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
1 memorial
Delabole Slate
Delabole Slate has been used ss a building material for over 600 years.
1 memorial
Dave Shepherd
E17, Brookdale Road, 27
Dave Shepherd, Britain's acclaimed jazz clarinettist and bandleader, was born here on 7th February 1929. Waltham Forest Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator