Also known as John Michael or Johannes Michel or Jan Michiel Rysbrach or Rijsbrack. Born Antwerp (which probably explains the confusion).
Sculptor of busts and funerary monuments of many prominent people, including Isaac Newton, Robert Walpole and the Duke of Marlborough. Died at home in Vere Street, Marylebone in relative poverty due to his generosity to relations and to his passion for collecting prints and drawings.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Michael Rysbrack
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Chelsea Physic Garden was establ...
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Michael Rysbrack
This statue is made of a single piece of marble weighing 11 tons. As was the ...
This bust is a 20th-century replica after Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.
Sculptor. Gilley was a studio assistant to Frank Dobson 1930-1939. The image is a self-portrait from 1936.
Born Latvia. First visited London in 1926. The Picture Source website provides a biography. Married Richard Hare and built, with him, Dorich House which is where she died and is now a museum. For ...
Sculptor. Born in London as Fritz Roselieb, changed his name when he joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1915. Works in London include the reliefs on Norway House.
Wikipedia gives this name for one of the Camp Griffiss memorials but we are only guessing it's the SHAEF memorial.
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