From Milan.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Donato Barcaglia
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Street Orderly Boy
Marble. "Street Orderly Boy" is an old name for a street cleaner - see Cat's ...
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William Mitchell
Sculptor. He has worked in a vast variety of techniques and media, producing some grand-scale works. Among his London projects are the interior of the Curzon Cinema,Mayfair, the concrete frieze in ...
Thomas Thornycroft
Sculptor. born Cheshire. Came to London in 1835 where he was apprenticed to John Francis and worked alongside another of Francis's apprentices, his daughter Mary, whom he married on 29 February 184...
Hayley Gibbs
Sculptor. Another public statue by Gibbs, Nancy Astor, was unveiled on Plymouth Hoe 28 November 2019.
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Sir Paolo Tosti
Born Italy. Composer of music and songs. Came to London in 1875. Taught and sang with the royal family, including Queen Victoria. Returned to Italy in 1910 and died Rome.
Michael Faraday
Experimental physicist, especially electro-magnetics (remember Faraday's Law?). Born in Newington Butts but brought up near Oxford Street. Trained as a bookbinder and here he was given tickets to s...
Maxwell Ayrton
Architect. Born Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton. His best known work was the former Wembley Stadium, designed with Sir John Simpson, which was originally part of the British Empire Exhibition. He was a pione...
Anderton's Hotel
In the fifteenth century this was the Horn tavern. In the early seventeenth century the hotel was popular with the legal community. A new building was erected in 1880 and probably that was the one ...
National Theatre
First proposed in 1848, the gestation of the NT is complex (see the NT's own site). The first site for the NT was acquired in 1913, immediately behind the British Museum, at the corner of Gower Str...
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