Born (on St George's Day) in Covent Garden. Even as he became successful he refused to modify his working-class accent. Lived alone with his father. Had few friends, two mistresses but never married. Died at his Chelsea home, his last words being "the sun is God". Buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
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J. M. W. Turner
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JMW Turner - SW10
Joseph.Mallord.William.Turner. landscape.painter. B.1775. D.1851. lived.&...
JMW Turner - TW12
J. M. W. Turner RA, 1775 - 1851, painter, designed and lived in this house. G...
J. M. W. Turner - W1
This plaque is so well integrated into the façade we believe it was part of t...
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William Strang
Painter and etcher. Born  Dumbarton, aged 17 came to the Slade School of Art and stayed in London. Illustrated the works of John Bunyan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Rudyard Kipling. A Google image ...
1 memorial
W. H. C. Groome
Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899. Bear Alley has a full biography of Groome by Robert J Kirkpatrick, with many illustrations: ""W.H.C. Groome was one of the most prolific children’s b...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Brian James
Artist. He specialises in pictures of cars, and a lot of his work is in the art deco style.
1 memorial
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