Other

South Bank mosaic - Vivien Leigh

Erection date: 2007

Inscription

Vivien Leigh

Zahir '07

Site: South Bank - pavement mosaics (10 memorials)

SE1, South Bank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall / Purcell Room

These mosaics are laid in the pavement in a rather sad, out the way, corner of the South Bank, at street level, near the non-main entrance to the QE Hall and the Purcell Room. The man in our picture might be looking at them, if there was any chance that he knew they were there. An odd group of people to be gathered together under the high-walk on the South Bank.   Theatre and sport seem to be the twin themes.  We were delighted to be introduced to Bella Burge.

Some of the mosaics are signed and have a date, '07, but the names are difficult to read and we've probably got them wrong.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
South Bank mosaic - Vivien Leigh

Subjects commemorated i

Vivien Leigh

Born Darjeeling, India.  With her husband Laurence Olivier, she managed the S...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
South Bank mosaic - Vivien Leigh

Created by i

Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics actively promotes equal opportunities and cross-cultural, i...

Read More

Zahir

Mosaic artist active in 2007.

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
South Bank mosaic - Vivien Leigh

Also at this site i

Nearby Memorials

Hutton Panels - Romans and Mithras

Hutton Panels - Romans and Mithras

EC4, Walbrook, Walbrook underground entrance

Two extensive information panels in the corner give the background to this unusual display, so we've transcribed them here: The station ...

3 subjects commemorated, 4 creators
Les Stone

Les Stone

IG11, River Road, Stone Walk

This sign was in place in 2018 - May 2019 but had gone by November 2020. In 2018 there was a second identical sign further along Stone Wa...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
1 Poultry - Mappin & Webb clock

1 Poultry - Mappin & Webb clock

EC2, Poultry, 1

This clock is in the public atrium to the new building and is the nearest we get to a memorial for the Mappin and Webb building, on its o...

1 subject commemorated
Harwich House

Harwich House

E1, railway track

In March 2013 we were contacted by Tony King who had finally decided to do something to discover what the strange carved stonework was th...

1 subject commemorated
Fortnum & Mason

Fortnum & Mason

W1, Piccadilly, 181, Fortnum & Mason

From the shop's website: "1964 saw a new landmark added to the front of the store - the famous Fortnum's clock, with bells from the same...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator