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Person    | Male  Born 25/7/1931  Died 26/3/2022

James Butler RA

Categories: Sculpture

James Butler RA

One of Britain's foremost figurative sculptors. Born New Cross. Interestingly, his stevedore father built his childhood home in West Malling, Kent. Appointed MBE in 2009.

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James Butler RA

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Earl Alexander of Tunis

{On the front of the plinth:} Field Marshal the Earl Alexander of Tunis, 1891...

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Fleet Air Arm

This bronze figure represents Daedalus, the Greek guy who crafted wings for h...

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James Greathead statue

Note that part of the Greathead shield used in digging the tunnels at Bank St...

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Skipping Katie

The inspiration for the statue was the sculptor's daughter Kate skipping in t...

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Wilkes

The Wilkes squint has been faithfully reproduced in the statue.

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Other Subjects

Mabey & Co

Mabey & Co

Mapping Sculpture explains that this was "Active: 1878 - 1900" and "A successful business run by three generations of the same family: James Mabey (1812-83), Charles Henry Mabey (1836-1912) and Cha...

Group, Sculpture

1 memorial
John Edward Taylerson

John Edward Taylerson

John Edward Taylerson was born in Durham and christened on 13 January 1855. Before 1881 he and his widowed mother moved to London where he studied. He established a business in Wandsworth. His Lond...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Giambologna / Bologna

Giambologna / Bologna

Sculptor. Giambologna or Jean Boulogne. Born in Flanders but spent his working life in Italy.

Person, Sculpture, Belgium, Italy

2 memorials
William Charles Holland King

William Charles Holland King

W. C. H. King was a sculptor. He was born in Cheltenham in 1884 and died in 1973. He was apprenticed to a firm of architectural sculptors at the age of 16 where he engaged in training for wood carv...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
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