Plaque

William Roberts

Erection date: /10/2003

Inscription

English Heritage
William Roberts, 1895 - 1980, artist, lived, worked and died here, 1946 - 1980.

Unveiled by Alan Bennett in 2003. Bennett, an early member of the William Roberts Society, has lived in the area a long time and once accidentally bumped into Roberts prompting the artist to "let forth a volley of abuse".

Site: William Roberts (1 memorial)

NW1, St Marks Crescent, 14

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William Roberts

Artist. Founder member of the short-lived British Vorticist group and a WW1...

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...

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Alan Bennett

Playwright, screenwriter, actor and author. Born Leeds.  First popular succes...

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