Sculptor. Born Rugby. Cousin to Sir Alfred Gilbert. His son, Donald, also sculpted and they often worked together. Other works in London include: some gates at the Freemasons Hall (inside or outside, we don't know) and the internal shrine there, the Buckingham Palace gates facing the Victoria Memorial, lift enclosure in the British Museum Extension (Edward VII Galleries) around 1907, others listed at Wikipedia. Died Littlehampton.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Walter Gilbert
Creations i
CI - 1 - Christianity
St Peter’s Cornhill founded by King Lucius 179 AD to be an Archbishop’s see a...
CI - 2 - Eleanor
We can't find proof that her route was as specified: from Queen Hithe (at the...
CI - 3 - Bread
This entry will increase your word power: "Soke" - the territory under the ju...
CI - 4 - Market
Cornhill the only market allowed to be held after noon in the 14th century.
CI - 5 - Drapers
Birche Lane, Cornhill, place of considerable trade for men’s apparel, 1604.
Other Subjects
Joshua Marshall
King Charles II’s Master Mason. Also worked on St Paul's Cathedral and the Temple Bar and did much work in the rebuilding of the City after the Great Fire. Born and died London.
1 memorial
Percy George Bentham
Sculptor. Born Fulham. City and Guild Art School Newsletter 2014 confirms that 'Navigation' (being conserved by the school at the time of publication) is by Bentham, who studied at the school.
1 memorial
Joseph Kremer
Sculptor. Born Tromborn France, studied in Paris. Possibly of German ancestry. From Mapping Sculpture: Kremer came to England on 25 September 1859. As his first recorded activity is in Penkhull,...
7 memorials
L. A. Malempre
From Mapping Sculpture we learn that Louis Auguste Malempré was born Belgium in about 1820. He had various addresses in London from 1854 on. Died London, probably at19 Lower Philimore Place, a subs...
1 memorial
Fred (Fritz) Kormis
Sculptor and medallist. Born Frankfurt, Germany. From the very informative West Hampstead Life: "Fritz was fourteen when he began an apprenticeship in a workshop specializing in decorative sculptu...
3 memorials
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