Born Dublin. Works include: Albert and the group Asia, both at the Albert Memorial, After Foley's death the statue of Albert was finished by his assistant Thomas Brock. Died at home, The Priory, Upper Terrace, Hampstead.
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Albert Memorial - Prince Albert
Albert is shown holding the catalogue of the Great Exhibition, held in this p...
Michael Faraday statue
In his right hand he holds an induction coil. The marble original of this sta...
Sidney Herbert - statue
This statue was made in 1866 and erected in front of the War Office, then at ...
Other Subjects
Andrew Whittle
Lettering artist. Born Weymouth. Inspired by the work of David Kindersley (father of Richard) in the early 80s. Worked for many years with the artist Ian Hamilton Finlay. Carves lettering in man...
1 memorial
Harold Brown
Sculptor active in 1938 - 50. In 1938 he was living in Belfast. With no image of Brown available on-line we are pleased to use the photo of his 1950 lost mermaid.
1 memorial
2 memorials
Margaret Wrightson
On a genealogical website we found "Margaret Wrightson born 1877, died 1976. Unmarried Sculptor & Artist". Her work seems very desirable to thieves. Another child statue, titled "Mary Mary qui...
1 memorial
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World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
402 memorials
Southwark mothers and children
"splendid struggling mothers of Southwark and their children"
1 memorial
George Orwell
George Orwell was born in Bengal as Eric Arthur Blair, his father was a British colonial civil servant. Joined the Indian imperial police in Burma but left in 1927 and decided to become a writer. ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio, Bengal, Burma, France, India, Spain
12 memorials
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