Person    | Male  Born 12/1/1856  Died 15/4/1925

John Singer Sargent

Categories: Art, Seriously Famous

Countries: Italy, USA

Born Florence, Italy. Prolific American painter, specializing in portraits. After 1910 he turned his attention to painting murals and watercolours of Alpine and Italian landscapes. Died Tite Street.

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

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John Singer Sargent

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Cross Keys pub

But not Dickens?

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John Singer Sargent

John S. Sargent. R.A., who was born in Florence Jan.12. MDCCCLVI., lived and ...

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King's Cross war memorial - 3. post-renovations

{On the left side of the rusty information panel:} The war memorial at King’s...

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