On a genealogical website we found "Margaret Wrightson born 1877, died 1976. Unmarried Sculptor & Artist".
Her work seems very desirable to thieves. Another child statue, titled "Mary Mary quite contrary" was stolen in 2005 in Massachusetts.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Margaret Wrightson
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Statue of young boy
The quotation is from Lamb's essay on the old benchers of the Inner Temple.A ...
Other Subjects
Alma Boyes
Also the bronze sculpture of Guy the Gorilla at London Zoo which she made in collaboration with wildlife artist William Timym.
1 memorial
2 memorials
Sir William Reynolds-Stephens
Sculptor. Born in Detroit to British parents and educated in Europe. He added the Reynolds to his surname in 1890. Made the very unusual sculpture A Royal Game 1906-11. Died Tunbridge Wells.
1 memorial
Sir Bertram Mackennal
Born in Melbourne, Australia. Came to London to study at the British Museum and the Royal Academy. Also spent some time in Paris where he was influenced by Rodin. Was an associate member of the Roy...
4 memorials
Sir Antony Mark David Gormley, OBE, RA
Known professionally as Antony Gormley, he is a sculptor and is most famous for 'The Angel of the North' in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Almost all his work takes the human body as its subject, with h...
1 memorial
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George, Duke of Kent
Son of George V. Born York Cottage, Sandringham. Honorary member of Lincoln's Inn. 1934 created Duke of Kent and married Marina. Rumoured to have had affairs with Jessie Matthews and Noel Coward. D...
War dead, WW2
3 memorials
Henry Hugh Armstead
Sculptor and illustrator. Born Bloomsbury. Executed a large number of public statues and funerary works, and worked closely with George Gilbert Scott on the Albert Memorial. Died at home 52 Circus ...
68 memorials
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Thomas Carlyle (author)
Historian, essayist and co-founder of the National Portrait Gallery. Born in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Portrayed, second from right, in the 1860 Ford Madox Brown painting 'Work'...
6 memorials
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