The Picture source, Tate, says, about this William Hogarth self-portrait: "Hogarth’s pug dog, Trump, serves as an emblem of the artist’s own pugnacious character." The sculptor Roubiliac who created a bust of Hogarth also modelled Trump in terracotta from which porcelain copies were made.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Trump
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Hogarth statue
Unveiled by Ian Hislop and David Hockney. Funded by donations from individual...
Other Subjects
Max Nicholson
Pioneering environmentalist, ornithologist and internationalist, a founder of the World Wildlife Fund, initiator of the Jubilee Walkway. Father of Piers Nicholson, sundial designer. Born Ireland a...
Barking Lord Scruff
Music critic, dog poet, photographic model and all round good egg.
Pets - at least 5
These pets include Marjorie who died 2 July 190? and Boo, "an honest mare".
Mother Goose
The interment register at St Olaves Hart Street records Mother Goose being buried on 14 September 1586. This is extremely strange so we did some digging. The story of a goose laying golden eggs ca...
Crabbet Park Arabian Stud
Founded by Wilfrid Blunt and his wife. From 1917 run by their daughter, Lady Wentworth until her death in 1957.
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Bermondsey Borough Council / Vestry
The Vestry of Bermondsey was incorporated in 1855. In 1889 it became part of the County of London and then in 1900 the Vestries of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe were joined to form the Metropolitan Bo...
Great Storm - Victoria Embankment Gardens
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
The plaque to the Great Storm is rather hidden away in the flower bed behind and to the right of the statue.
South African War / Boer War
Also known as the (second) (Anglo-)Boer War. The war is described in three phases: first: The Boer offensive (October–December 1899); second: The British offensive (January to September 1900); thir...
St Mary Aldermanbury church
This church, destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666 and rebuilt by Wren in 1676 was damaged in WW1 and then gutted in WW2, and then left roofless waiting for demolition - Londonist has a photo. On 5 ...
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
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