Person    | Male  Born 12/9/1811  Died 22/11/1890

William Bell Scott

Categories: Art, Poetry

Countries: Scotland

Born Edinburgh. Painter and poet, closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. His work was championed by the Rossettis, Christina and Dante Gabriel. He achieved fame when he was commissioned to do the decorative scheme at Wallington Hall, Northumberland, which included pictures depicting local history. Died Chelsea.

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

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William Bell Scott

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Rossetti fountain

Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...

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National Gallery of Ireland

National Gallery of Ireland

Located in Merrion Square West, Dublin. The engineer William Dargan, wanting to emulate the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, set up an art exhibition in a series of pavilions. Such was its succes...

Building, Art, Ireland

1 memorial
Ben Nicholson

Ben Nicholson

Artist. Born Denham, Buckinghamshire. Father was Sir William Nicholson, painter. Married to sculptor, Barbara Hepworth, 1938 -51. They were central to a number of groups of avant-garde artists bas...

Person, Art, Switzerland

1 memorial
Anna Walker

Anna Walker

Mural painter active in 1985. Married to Ray and helped complete the Dalston mural after Ray's death.

Person, Art

1 memorial
Julia Clara Pitt Byrne, née Busk

Julia Clara Pitt Byrne, née Busk

Writer and illustrator.  1842 married William Pitt Byrne and, when the time came, designed his memorial.  Died at home, 16 Montagu Street.

Person, Art, Literature

1 memorial
Desmond Rochfort

Desmond Rochfort

Mural artist active in late 1970s - 1983.  Worked with Binnington on two murals at Royal Oak.

Person, Art

1 memorial

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St Stephen Coleman

St Stephen Coleman

EC2, Coleman Street

Site of the parish church of St Stephen Coleman Street, 1452 - 1940. Corporation of London

2 subjects commemorated