Erection date: /10/2003
English Heritage
William Roberts, 1895 - 1980, artist, lived, worked and died here, 1946 - 1980.
Unveiled by Alan Bennett in 2003. Bennett, an early member of the William Roberts Society, has lived in the area a long time and once accidentally bumped into Roberts prompting the artist to "let forth a volley of abuse".
NW1, St Marks Crescent, 14
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Roberts
Artist. Founder member of the short-lived British Vorticist group and a WW1...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Roberts
Playwright, screenwriter, actor and author. Born Leeds. First popular succes...
Rabbi Dr Leo Baeck, 1873 - 1956, theologian, teacher and philosopher, lived here, 1945 - 1956. Erected by the Association of Jewish Refug...
The Arnold Bennett Society Arnold Bennett, author, 1867 - 1931, lived, worked and died here, 1930 -1931.
English Heritage Vivien Leigh, 1913-1967, actress, lived here.
According to Wikipedia the State of Victoria was founded in 1851 so this plaque was erected 16 years too early to commemorate that event....
This plaque was lost sometime July 2021 - August 2022.
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