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Person    | Male  Born 8/3/1762  Died 21/2/1839

Charles Rossi

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: Italy

Charles Rossi

Sculptor. Born Nottingham, son of an Italian immigrant. Apprenticed to Locatelli, they arrived in London in 1775 and carved the medallions at the Middlesex Sessions House. Achieved a good reputation for his portrait busts. Died at home, Cochran's Terrace (now Cochrane Street), St John's Wood. The picture is a self-portrait. London work includes: the caryatides at St Pancras church on Euston Road, two figures on the front of the Royal Opera House.

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Charles Rossi

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Haydon & Rossi

London County Council Benjamin Haydon, 1786 - 1846, painter and Charles Rossi...

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Charles Rossi

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Old Middlesex Sessions House

Above the central window, this cameo-type profile bust of the King is draped ...

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Thomas Wyon

Thomas Wyon

Engraver and medallist.  Born Birmingham, his father Thomas also being an engraver as were a number of other (male, obviously) members of his family such as Edward Wyon, his brother.  Chief engrave...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Skylon

Skylon

The picture source is the website for a group campaigning to rebuild the Skylon. "In 1951, London's skyline was transformed, as part of the Festival of Britain, by the erection of one of the most s...

Building, Sculpture

1 memorial
Richard Holliday

Richard Holliday

Sculptor. Born Cambridge. From Thompson Gallery: "Richard Holliday started his career in stone as an apprentice stonemason in Cambridge in 1980 and has been in Cornwall since 1994."

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Omar Ramsden

Omar Ramsden

Silversmith.  Born Sheffield but spent some of his childhood in America.  Had studios in Chelsea and then Fulham, with a staff of up to 20.  He was a designer and businessman.  There's a suggestion...

Person, Craft / Design, Sculpture, USA

1 memorial
Thomas Rudge

Thomas Rudge

Active in 1921.  Probably the same Thomas Rudge at Ornamental Passions.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial