Born London but brought up in Dublin. Very successful and prolific sculptor but he was a difficult man with "evil habits" (which seem to have been mainly liquid) and never achieved membership of the Royal Academy. His brother Henry, also a sculptor changed his name to Burlowe to avoid the "tarnish of the name". Bankrupt he moved to 72 Charlotte Street and was found one night "in the gutter with threepence in his pocket". He was taken to Middlesex Hospital where he died.
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William Behnes
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Havelock statue
This was the first statue ever to be made from a photograph. There is a copy ...
Nash at Church of All Souls
{On the front face of the plinth:} John Nash, 1752 - 1835, architect. {On a...
Other Subjects
Hedley Hope-Nicholson
Barrister, literary critic and Charles I obsessive. He hyphenated his Nicholson with his wife's Hope. Andrew Behan researched this eccentric character, bur first a preamble from Andrew: "I couldn'...
2 memorials
1 memorial
1 memorial
James Alexander Stevenson (Myranda)
Stevenson signed himself as Myranda (a elision of his wife's name, Myra, and their surname) to avoid being confused with another sculptor of the same name. We have not yet found much information a...
1 memorial
John Birnie Philip
John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of the five children of William Philip (1781-1865) and Elizabeth Philip née Rhind (b.1786). His father was a tailor and he ...
61 memorials
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Donald McGill - SW2
SW2, Christchurch Road, 36
The ODNB's page on McGill gives: "His fame was recognized by the placing of a blue plaque on his home, 36 Christchurch Road, Streatham Hi...
1 subject commemorated
John Procter, the younger
Grandson of Mary and John Procter, died aged 9 months. We don't actually know that his surname was Procter since John had one daughter as well as three sons.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Richard Claude Belt
Sculptor. Born Westminster. At Mapping Sculpture we learnt that Belt was twice caught up in significant court cases, one of which had the Byron statue at its centre. Belt's former employer, Charles...
2 memorials
Palmerston statue
SW1, Parliament Square
{On the front of the plinth and repeated on the back:} Viscount Palmerston {On the base of the statue:} T. Woolner, RA, Sc. 1876 R. Mas...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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