Roch, St
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Roch, St (
c.1350 to
c.80), hermit, much invoked against the plague; he is said to have caught the plague himself and to have recovered while alone in the woods in Piacenza, where he was brought food by a dog. He is often shown with a plague sore on his leg, or accompanied by a dog with a loaf of bread in its mouth. He is patron saint of invalids and prisoners, and his feast day is 16 August.
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FOCUS: DEATH OF AN SAS HERO `I have this premonition, Sir, that I will be killed' An IRA killer is in jail appealing against his extradition to Ulster for murdering an SAS officer. For the first time, we tell the inside story of how Capt Richard Westmacott was gunned down.
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/9/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...surprising, then, that Captain Richard Westmacott pondered at length the reality...like to come under fire, Sir?" Doubtless Captain Westmacott listened intently when the...One week later, Captain Westmacott lay dying on a pavement on...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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PERSPECTIVE: The firm that missed Nelson's real point; One might also reasonably argue that the Birmingham statue without its railings is like Nelson's column without its, well, column. Unthinkable Political correctness, ahoy! A London property firm is all at sea over an historic statue of Lord Nelson in Birmingham. Richard McComb joins the mutiny in the Bullring.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 5/25/2005; 700+ words
; Byline: Richard McComb William Elliott would turn in his grave. Birmingham-born...1809, during King George III's Golden Jubilee celebrations, Sir Richard Westmacott's bronze statue became the first memorial to Nelson in Britain...
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Letter: Why Barbados is laughing at Brum.(Letters)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 6/2/2005; 490 words
; ...our own Birmingham monument, it was designed by Sir Richard Westmacott. It is interesting to note that the Bridgetown...joke JAMES FLETCHER Edgbaston CAPTION(S): Sir Richard Westmacott's Nelson statue in Bridgetown, Barbados
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Retrospective Wales: In this week.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 6/18/2002; 700+ words
; ...figure of Achilles was sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott. Achilles later acquired a bronze...Delia Smith, TV cook, 61; Sir Paul McCartney, 60. Tomorrow...Saturday 1377 At the age of 10, Richard II inherited the English throne...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/1/1997; 662 words
; ...theatrical designer, 1862; Sir Roger David Casement, conspirator...Sun King" of France, 1715; Sir Richard Steele, essayist and playwright...North West country, 1838; Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor, 1856; William Yarrell...
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Gazette: Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/1/1999; 670 words
; ...theatrical designer, 1862; Sir Roger David Casement, conspirator...Sun King" of France, 1715; Sir Richard Steele, essayist and playwright...William Clark, explorer, 1838; Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor, 1856; William Yarrell...
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Politicians for sale
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/26/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Post 07-26-1998 Paintings by Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965...A bust of Charles James Fox by Sir Richard Westmacott sold for 16,675 and an equestrian...cartoon made in 1934. It shows Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British...
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On This Day
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 6/18/2002; 354 words
; Birthdays: Delia Smith, TV cook, 61; Sir Paul McCartney (left), 60; Ray Cochrane, jockey...Park. The bronze figure of Achilles was sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott. Achilles later acquired a bronze fig-leaf. 1901...
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 "Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)")
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On this day.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); 6/18/2008; 407 words
; ...Park. The bronze figure of Achilles was sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott. Achilles later acquired a bronze fig-leaf. 1963...Carmichael, actor, 88; Delia Smith, TV cook, 67; Sir Paul McCartney, 66; Thabo Mbeki, President of South...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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ON THIS DAY IN ...(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 6/18/2008; 345 words
; ...1822: London's first nude statue was unveiled in Hyde Park. The bronze figure of Achilles was sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott. Achilles later acquired a bronze fig-leaf. 1963: Henry Cooper floored Cassius Clay (later Muhammed Ali...
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Sir Richard Westmacott
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir Richard Westmacott , 1775-1856, English sculptor. He worked in the studio of his father, also a sculptor, and in Italy under Canova. His work...
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Westmacott, Sir Richard
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Westmacott, Sir Richard ( b London, 15 July 1775; d London...The son of a sculptor also called Richard (1747–1808), he trained...for by a group of lady subscribers. Westmacott's last major undertaking was the...
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Marcus Aurelius
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
...subsequently. Such influence has usually been generalized rather than precise, but it is fairly specific in Sir Richard Westmacott's two equestrian statues of George III (1818–22, Monument Place, Liverpool, and 1824–...
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