Artist. Born into a family of artists either at 70 (St) John Street, now Whitfield Street W1, or 6 Great Coram Street WC1, depending on source. In 1842 Victoria and Albert started buying his works and in 1851 he became art tutor to their children, a post he held for 20 years. Died at the house with the plaque.
The photo shows him c.1870. Lots more info at , especially about his family.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Edward Henry Corbould
The plaque is a one-off in a delicate serif typeface. The off-set string cour...
Artist and writer. Born Percy Wyndham Lewis but he didn't like the Percy and dropped it. He was born in his wealthy American father's yacht off Amherst, Nova Scotia, to a British mother who left he...
Person, Art, Literature, USA
Lettering craftsman. Creator of memorials, plaques, architectural signage, garden objects and sculptural lettering exhibits. See The Lettering Arts Trust for more of his work.
Painter and poet. Born Walter David Michael Jones.As a painter he worked chiefly in watercolour, painting portraits and animal, landscape, legendary and religious subjects. He was also a wood-engra...
Electrical engineer. Born John Ambrose Fleming in a house named Greenfield in Lancaster. Best known for inventing the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube. He was also an accomplished photographer...
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