For some more of his work in London see the ever excellent Ornamental Passions.
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Thomas Thornycroft
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Emily Young
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David Parfitt
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Sir George Frampton
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Helene "Lenchen" Demuth (or Helena)
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Doctor John Fry - Guy's Hospital
SE1, Guy's Hospital, The Colonnade
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Thomas Cromwell
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Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
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William Rankine
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