Dame Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina assolluta and Jacqueline du Pré, cellist lived here.
Lisa O'Brien has pointed out that the plaque-makers got 'assoluta' wrong.
Site: Margot Fonteyn & J. du Pre (1 memorial)
SW7, Rutland Gardens Mews, 2
Dame Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina assolluta and Jacqueline du Pré, cellist lived here.
Lisa O'Brien has pointed out that the plaque-makers got 'assoluta' wrong.
SW7, Rutland Gardens Mews, 2
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Margot Fonteyn & J. du Pre
Cellist. Born Jacqueline Mary du Pré in Oxford. Her musical training began wi...
Prima ballerina assoluta. Born Reigate as Margaret Hookham. As a child lived...
Reading right to left: De Pass; Rhodes-Moorhouse; Keysor; Campbell; Dunville; Colyer-Fergusson; Hewitt; Elliott-Cooper; Watson; Drummond;...
The building in the background of the mural is, of course, the old Wembley Stadium.
"God created man to be immortal" is from the Wisdom of Solomon 2:23.
Apart from the actual names the two plaques are the same. Our photo shows the one on the left.
These plaques seem to relate to the maintenance and changing ownership of the grounds of "The Holly Lodge". The house (which was between ...
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