Stevenson signed himself as Myranda (a elision of his wife's name, Myra, and their surname) to avoid being confused with another sculptor of the same name.
We have not yet found much information about this sculptor but believe this is our man. Also Wikipedia has a page about his Askari Monument or Dar es Salaam African Memorial in Tanzania.
Other work shown here and here. Born Great Britain. Died Brompton Hospital.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
James Alexander Stevenson (Myranda)
The sculptor is elsewhere logged as James Alexander Stevenson but the niche g...
Barrister, literary critic and Charles I obsessive. He hyphenated his Nicholson with his wife's Hope. Andrew Behan researched this eccentric character, bur first a preamble from Andrew: "I couldn'...
Sculptor. Another public statue by Gibbs, Nancy Astor, was unveiled on Plymouth Hoe 28 November 2019.
Sculptor. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Leslie Cubitt Bevis was born on 29 May 1892 in Maidstone, Kent, the youngest of the three children of William Fish Foster Bevis (1860-1946)...
International banker. In business with George Peabody. Father of J. P. Morgan.
Artist. He specialises in pictures of cars, and a lot of his work is in the art deco style.
The plaque refers to the unveiling day being 'Election Day'. There was no General Election in 1956. The Lord Mayor's election to office d...
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