History painter. Born Paris but brought up in England. Director of the National Gallery and President of the Royal Academy. Died at his house and studio, 70 Addison Road, Kensington.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Edward John Poynter
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Royal Albert Hall frieze
This ornate frieze, titled "The Triumph of Art and Letters", encircles the bu...
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Craigie Aitchison
Born Edinburgh. Studied law at Middle Temple in 1948 and then in 1950 returned to Edinburgh to paint. Back in London 1952-4 at the Slade School. He returned to Scotland, but in 1963 he moved to the...
1 memorial
Alfred William Hunt
Born Bold Street, Liverpool. Son of the painter William Henry Hunt. Poet and landscape painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He won the Newdigate Prize in 1851 for his poem ‘Nine...
2 memorials
Sir Richard Wallace
An extremely rich art collector and Francophile. Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet of Sudbourne Hall in Suffolk; of Hertford House in London; of Antrim Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; of 2 ...
1 memorial
John Sparkes
Principal of the Lambeth School of Arts 1858 - 1900. Born as John Charles Lewis Sparkes in Brixton. Began teaching at Lambeth in 1857. Cultivated a special relationship between the school and Doult...
1 memorial
2 memorials
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RAF Linguists - Kidbrooke
SE3, Kidbrooke Park Road, Thomas Tallis School
The plaque is at the far end of the school bike park and playground, which is why our picture is not as sharp as we would like.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Bunhill burial ground - 2
EC1, City Road
The 5 piers on the City Road boundary each carry a golden inscription. We list them here south to north. There is a common misapprehens...
17 subjects commemorated
HMS Sovereign of the Seas
Sovereign of the Seas was a 17th-century warship of the English Navy. She was ordered as a 90-gun first-rate ship of the line, but at launch was armed with 102 bronze guns at the insistence of Char...
1 memorial
Great Ormond Street - 1720
WC1, Great Ormond Street, 13
We'd hoped to find more information about the early buildings, perhaps a picture, but we found nothing. We are thankful that the new-bui...
Queen Mother visits Guy's
SE1, Great Maze Pond, Guy's Hospital - the Colonnade
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother unveiled this stone to commemorate her visit to Guy's House on 16th December 1964. Erected i...
2 subjects commemorated,
5 creators
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