Born as Mary Seton Fraser Tytler in India but brought up in Scotland. 1886 married G. F. Watts. Co-founded the Compton Potters' Arts Guild and the Arts & Crafts Guild in Compton, Surrey. There she also had built the Watts Mortuary Chapel in Compton (1895); and the Watts Gallery (1903–04).
She had been involved with the Postman's Park Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice from its inception but on her husband's death in 1904 she took over his role and installed another 37 memorials.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Mary Watts
This is a lovely plaque but the fireman's helmet on a plaque for a police con...
David Selves, aged 12, off Woolwich supported his drowning playfellow and san...
A railway signalman controlled the trains by operating the points and signals...
The surname was actually Jarman, and the woman that Mrs Jarman tried to save ...
Alexr. Stewart Brown of Brockley, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, th...
From their website: "We are the only Awards body dedicated to encouraging and rewarding best practice in the restoration and continued upkeep of our rich heritage of railway and tramway buildings a...
Professional freelance illustrator & graphic designer based in London’s East End. His website.
Furniture designer and retailer. Born at Crouch End. Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art before joining the family firm which ran the Heal & Son department store. He designed the simple, st...
F.R.S. "the father of English clockmaking". Buried in Westminster Abbey.
Clock maker. Invented the alloy of copper and zinc which closely resembles gold.
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