Person    | Male  Born 15/8/1845  Died 14/3/1915

Walter Crane

Categories: Art

Artist and book illustrator. Born Liverpool. Worked in the Arts and Crafts style, producing designs for decorative items such as ceramics and, most charmingly, illustrations for children's books. Died Horsham.

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Walter Crane

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St Dunstan's House - plasterwork panels

This example of architectural reclamation was brought to our attention by Dis...

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Walter Crane

This plaque is unusually small for an official LCC plaque.

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Edinburgh College of Art

Edinburgh College of Art

It was originally founded in 1760 and acquired its present name in 1907. Notable alumni include the architects Nicholas Grimshaw and Basil Spence and the playwright John Arden. (D.A. Edin stands fo...

Group, Art, Education, Scotland

1 memorial
Paul Bommer

Paul Bommer

Professional freelance illustrator & graphic designer based in London’s East End. His website.

Person, Art, Craft / Design

1 memorial
John Pine

John Pine

Engraver. Born and died in London.

Person, Art, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Sir Hugh Lane

Sir Hugh Lane

Art dealer and collector. Born Hugh Percy Lane  In Ballybrack House, Douglas, Cork. He moved to London, and opened an art gallery in 1898. Here he developed a reputation as a shrewd gentleman-deale...

Person, Art, Ireland

1 memorial
Philip Bentham
1 memorial

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Queen's Park

Queen's Park

An information board in the Park gives "The area that is now Queen's Park was part of the site of the 1879 Royal Kilburn Agricultural Show, which had been attended by Queen Victoria, after which th...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Oliver Heaviside

Oliver Heaviside

Born in Camden Town. Aged 12 the family could no longer afford to send him to school so he continued studying on his own. Thus he was largely self-taught, no secondary education or university. In ...

Person, Science, Denmark

1 memorial
H. Brinkman
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Hindle House Blitz bomb

Hindle House Blitz bomb

E8, Arcola Street, Hindle House

This plaque is in the inner north-east corner of the Hindle estate. See the Hindle House first plaque for more information.

Civilian war dead | WW2
7 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
John Eliot Howard

John Eliot Howard

Chemist. Born in Plaistow Essex, son of meteorologist Luke Howard.  He took an early interest in extracting the anti-malaria drug from the bark of the Cinchona genus of South American tree. He was ...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial