Person    | Male  Born 26/7/1797  Died 5/10/1861

William Ranwell

Categories: Art

Artist. Much of his work is of river scenes in east London, documenting navy shipbuilding, and dock construction. We can't find a picture of him, so have used his painting of the launch of H.M.S. Trafalgar.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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William Ranwell

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William Ranwell

We have found that the plaque was unveiled by the Mayor of Greenwich, but the...

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Henry Stacy Marks

Henry Stacy Marks

Artist specialising in birds.  Born 92 Great Portland Street.  Died at home, 5 St Edmund's Terrace, Regent's Park.  The picture is a self-portrait.

Person, Art

1 memorial
Bloomsbury Group

Bloomsbury Group

An influential group of artists and writers who were friends during the first half of the 20th century. Our picture shows: Auberon Duckworth; Duncan Grant; Julian Bell; Leonard Woolf, and front: Vi...

Group, Art, Literature, Seriously Famous

3 memorials
Sir Frederic William Burton

Sir Frederic William Burton

Born County Clare, Ireland. Watercolour painter and art administrator. Appointed director of the National Gallery 1874 and knighted in 1884. Died 43 Argyle Road, Kensington.

Person, Art, Museums / Libraries, Ireland

1 memorial
Mark Frances

Mark Frances

Mural painter active in 1990 in Poplar.

Person, Art

1 memorial
Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent came to London in June 1873 aged 20 as an art dealer, in the firm Goupil. He was in England for two and a half years during which he had two short periods working in the Paris branch. Goupi...

Person, Art, Seriously Famous, France, Netherlands

2 memorials