Sculptor. Born Blandford Forum. Spent most of his life and energy creating the Wellington memorial in St Paul's Cathedral. The railings with lions (also by Stevens) around this were originally, 1852, part of the British Museum boundary but some 1895 pavement improvements caused them to be removed. Some of Stevens' BM lions also ended up on the railings outside the Royal British Society of Sculptors, 108 Old Brompton Road. Others, possibly smaller copies are outside the Law Society in Chancery Lane. We have Ornamental Passions to thank for the lion trail and more information can be found here. Suicide was suspected when Stevens died suddenly at his studio, 9 Eton Villas, Haverstock Hill.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Alfred George Stevens
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Thomas Milnes
Sculptor. Born near Doncaster. He sculpted some lions for Nelson's column but they were rejected and those by Landseer used instead. Milnes's lions were used by Titus Salt at Saltaire. (Date of bir...
1 memorial
1 memorial
John Skeaping
Painter and sculptor. Born John Rattenbury Skeaping in South Woodford, Essex. He studied at Goldsmith's College, the Central School of Arts and Crafts and later at the Royal Academy. In 1924 he won...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones
Born Aberdeen. Winner of the Prix de Rome. Other work in London includes the 1963 Joy of Life group in the Hyde Park fountain, pictured by Ornamental Passions.
1 memorial
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Golders Green Station
NW11, North End Road
In our photo the sunlit plaque can be seen inside the building, between the heads of the travellers passing through the ticket barriers.
2 subjects commemorated
Peabody Fund - Centenary
SE1, Blackfriars Road
To mark the centenary of the founding of the Peabody Donation Fund by George Peabody, London banker and American citizen, this plaque was...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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