Painted by the artist James Barry. They show, 'Orpheus', 'A Grecian Harvest-Home', 'Crowning the Victors at Olympia', 'Commerce or the Triumph of the Thames', 'The Distribution of Premiums in the Society of Arts' and 'Elysium or the State of Final Retribution'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Royal Society of Arts Murals
City of Westminster Site of the home of James Barry, 1741 - 1806, Irish artis...
Illustrator of children's books and poet. Born 21 Cavendish Street N1 (now entirely post-war blocks of flats). She and her family moved to Upper Street in 1852. She worked for London branch of Marc...
Born in London. His piano-making father named him after Handel. Member of the Holland Park Circle, an informal group of 19th-century artists based in the Holland Park district, especially in Melbu...
Londonist have a post about the Holbein Gate in Whitehall which probably had nothing to do with Holbein.
History painter.  Born Paris but brought up in England.  Director of the National Gallery and President of the Royal Academy.  Died at his house and studio, 70 Addison Road, Kensington.
Born as Lorenz Alma Tadema in Friesland, The Netherlands. Painter, famous for his depictions of classical themes. He settled in England in 1870 and was knighted in 1899. Died Kaiserhof Spa, Wiesbad...
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