Erection date: 22/2/1935
Heinrich Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) socialist philosopher, lived and died here.
LCC
The image of this lost plaque comes from Wikipedia, where the story of this plaque on 41 Maitland Park Road is told. First erected on 22 February 1935, it was vandalised by Fascist supporters, replaced once, vandalised a second time and not replaced. The house was demolished in the 1950s. The image is based on a monochrome line drawing from "Indication of Houses of Historical Interest in London - Volume VI" published by the London County Council in 1938.
Site: Karl Marx - NW3 (2 memorials)
NW3, Maitland Park Road
Marx lived at no 41 but this whole area has been redeveloped since Marx's time. And no, we have no idea what the strange pillar object is in the photograph.
A friend, who lives nearby, contacted us to say: “The 'strange pillar' was part of a MA project at Goldsmiths in 2007 and was created by artist Tim Cole to celebrate the last years of his life that Karl Marx spent in Maitland Park, along with a handcart and other plant sculptures. The pillar no longer exists.”
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