This patriotic committee of women, led by Lady Lavinia Spencer, ordered the Achilles statue unadorned. It was the men that insisted on the covering.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington
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Achilles statue
Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of ...
Other Subjects
Thomas Doggett
Actor and theatre manager. Born in Castle Street, Dublin (his birth year is approximate). He possibly performed as a strolling player and had arrived in London by 1691, where he quickly achieved su...
Emma Caroline England
Member of St Saviour's Church. We can find no information about this woman, other than her family. She seems not to have married. Daughter of Richard England and Philadelphia Barttelot, both buri...
John Christopher Bowles
This Metropolitan Benefit Societies asylum was founded by John Christopher Bowles in 1829 and successfully raised by his untiring efforts for the good of his brethren.
J. E. Stanley Lewis
Born in Ottawa. Â Ottawa's longest serving mayor, 1936 to 1948. Â The photo shows him in 1946 the year of the planting of the tree that he gifted but we don't think he was at the event.
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