Stevenson signed himself as Myranda (a elision of his wife's name, Myra, and their surname) to avoid being confused with another sculptor of the same name.
We have not yet found much information about this sculptor but believe this is our man. Also Wikipedia has a page about his Askari Monument or Dar es Salaam African Memorial in Tanzania.
Other work shown here and here. Born Great Britain. Died Brompton Hospital.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
James Alexander Stevenson (Myranda)
The sculptor is elsewhere logged as James Alexander Stevenson but the niche g...
Sculptor, painter, architect and poet.
Person, Architecture, Art, Engineering, Poetry, Sculpture, Seriously Famous, Italy
Lettering artist. Born Weymouth. Inspired by the work of David Kindersley (father of Richard) in the early 80s. Worked for many years with the artist Ian Hamilton Finlay. Carves lettering in man...
Our picture comes from the video of the unveiling of the Gresley statue, on Reeves' website.
Sculptor. Born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Personally selected by both Prince William and Prince Harry to create the memorial statue of Diana. He had previously depicted, the Queen, Prince Philip,...
The shelter which contained about 300 people, suffered a direct hit at about 10.30 pm on 19 September 1940. More than 100 people were injured in the attack. 42 people were killed:14 men, 24 women a...
Lucy Agnes Turner was born on 14 November 1847 at The Grove, Yoxford, Suffolk, (now called Grove Park, Yoxford, Saxmundham, IP17 3HX), the youngest of the seven children of Thomas Metcalfe Blois Tu...
Campaigner for animal welfare. Alice Marie Drakoules (née Lambe) was born c.1850 near Brussels to English parents. 1876 married William Lewis, the managing director of the Union Assurance Company...
There is a third plaque (far right) but it's about some gardening prize which we didn't find sufficiently interesting. During the early p...
From their website: "We were founded by HRH The Duke of York, later HM King George VI, in 1925 as the National Playing Fields Association and are proud of our long heritage protecting parks and gre...
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