Painter. Born Brompton Row. Designer of the first Christmas card. His sister married I. K. Brunel. A religious man, his objection to the prevalence of paintings of nudes caused 'Punch' to nickname him "Mr J. C(lothes) Horsley" (a pun on clothes horse, ho, ho, ho). His son Gerald was an architect. Died 1 High Row, Kensington.
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John Callcott Horsley
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Royal Albert Hall frieze
This ornate frieze, titled "The Triumph of Art and Letters", encircles the bu...
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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
Michael Noakes
Painter. Former President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Chairman of the Contemporary Portrait Society. His subjects include Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Bill ...
1 memorial
Bruce Williams
Artist. He describes himself as 'a figurative, expressionist painter who is constantly at odds with creating the pictorial image'.
1 memorial
Valentine Cameron Prinsep
Born Calcutta, India. Artist and writer. His father was a civil servant in India and the family moved to England on his retirement. A minor figure in the Pre-Raphaelites, although he exhibited regu...
Person, Art, Literature, India
1 memorial
Thomas Rowlandson
Artist and caricaturist. Born Old Jewry. Died 1 James Street. The picture, by Rowlandson, includes a self-portrait, on the left.
2 memorials
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