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South Bank mosaic - Wollstonecraft

South Bank - pavement mosaics South Bank mosaic - Wollstonecraft

Erection date: 2007

Inscription

1759 Mary 1797
Wollstonecraft

South Bank Mosaics

Mary's mosaic is the most elaborate of the 10 here but by bad luck it has been placed in direct line of some rusty, sludgy drips from the high-walk above.

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 - Wollstonecraft

Subjects commemorated i

Mary Wollstonecraft

Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spita...

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

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Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

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

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

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Penton Estate

Penton Estate

N1, Risinghill Street

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South Bank mosaic - Ernie Izzard

South Bank mosaic - Ernie Izzard

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

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1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Olive Morris 2

Olive Morris 2

SW2, Brixton Hill, 18, Olive Morris House

The inscription is on a window and consequently is very difficult to photograph.

2 subjects commemorated
Venera Minakhmetova

Venera Minakhmetova

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Immediately after her death this site was visited by a protest ride of over 1,000 cyclists demonstrating for safer roads.   A small shrin...

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Marble Arch

Marble Arch

W1, Marble Arch

In summary: 45ft high, clad in white Carrara marble. Designed by Nash and erected, 1827-33, as a ceremonial entrance from the Mall to Buc...

2 subjects commemorated, 4 creators