Gilbert Bayes
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Gilbert William Bayes was an English sculptor. His art works varied in scale from medals to large architectural clocks, monuments and equestrian statues and he was also a designer of some note, creating chess pieces, mirrors and cabinets.
Destiny, war memorial, Albion Gardens, Ramsgate, Kent, 1920
Prehistoric Period
Classic period
Victoria and Albert Museum
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The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Henry Cole, the museum's first director
Frieze detail from internal courtyard showing Queen Victoria in front of the 1851 Great Exhibition
Old Houses on Site of Victoria and Albert Museum, 1899 by Philip Norman