Sculptor. Born near Doncaster. He sculpted some lions for Nelson's column but they were rejected and those by Landseer used instead. Milnes's lions were used by Titus Salt at Saltaire. (Date of birth is uncertain).
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Thomas Milnes
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Duke of Wellington - Woolwich
Originally erected, in 1848, at the Tower of London where the Board of Ordnan...
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Mel Morris Jones
The picture shows "Mel Morris Jones and Harry Brockway checking for level" but we don't know which is which, and we have to admit, it's not a good picture of either.
1 memorial
Frederick E. E. Schenck
Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he moved to London in 1888. Often worked with the architect Henry Hare. Speel provides a lot of information including that Sche...
4 memorials
Thomas Rudge
Active in 1921. Probably the same Thomas Rudge at Ornamental Passions.
1 memorial
Donald Potter
Born Donald Steele Potter at Parsonage House, Newington, Kent. He became a permanent member of staff at the Scouting Association's Gilwell Park where he developed his wood carving skills. In the 19...
1 memorial
Huang Jian
Sculptor. She has created group sculptures for the most recent Olympics in Beijing, London and Rio de Janiero.
1 memorial
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First Blackfriars Station
As we write the work on the new river-spanning Blackfriars Station is close to completion. It seems Blackfriars Station has never known whether it is a North or a South Londoner. The first Blackf...
1 memorial
London Docklands Development Corporation
We did not initially recognise this logo, on at least 8 plaques in the Surrey Docks area, and maybe others elsewhere. We tried Google's image search and the results made us laugh; being an array of...
21 memorials
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