Born John Robert Steell, Aberdeen. Queen Victoria's official sculptor in Scotland, his work includes the Walter Scott statue at the Scott Monument in Edinburgh and Robert Burns in Albert Square, Dundee. There are works by him in Central Park, New York. Died Edinburgh and is buried in the Old Calton Cemetery.
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Sir John Steell
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James Wilson
Marble and said to be 12-foot high but that must be including the pedestal, s...
Robert Burns
Quill pen in hand. Unveiled by Lord Rosebery. This statue is one of 3 copies ...
Other Subjects
Laurence Bradshaw
Artist and sculptor. Born Liverpool. Socialist. Designed posters for London Transport 1935-1937. The only other London work of which we could find mention is a commission for eight bas-reliefs ...
1 memorial
Thomas Rudge
Active in 1921. Probably the same Thomas Rudge at Ornamental Passions.
1 memorial
Lesley Pover
Sculptor. Among her works are the statue of Lord Nelson at Greenwich and a bust of Diana, Princess of Wales.
1 memorial
Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler
Sculptor. Born Staffordshire. Early rheumatic fever made him unfit for active service in 1914 so he served on the home front casting and moulding false limbs for amputees. Died at home in Mayfield,...
7 memorials
1 memorial
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Gladstone
SW1, Carlton House Terrace, 11
2015: The histories of nos 10 and 11, now occupied by the British Academy, are covered by an excellent Londonist post. There we learn t...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
2 memorials
Blitz bomb in Harrington Square
NW1, Harrington Square Gardens
This bouquet of dried flowers was tied to a tree in the garden not too far away. The writing was illegible or uninformative so we have n...
Civilian war dead | WW2
8 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
8 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Cicely Mary Marshall
Joint host of Luigi Sturzo with Barbara Barclay Carter (see there for details). In 1934 and in 1945/46 she was living at 32 Chepstow Villas, W11. Our colleague, Andrew Behan has researched Marsha...
1 memorial
Shoreditch war memorial
E2, Austin Street, St Leonard's Church
We searched the garden and could not find the list of names referenced in the inscription. War Memorials Online has: "Memorial paved ga...
2 subjects commemorated