“Memorial plaque to "Miss Braddon" at St Mary Magdalene Church, Richmond (original) (raw)
Memorial plaque to "Miss Braddon"
J. E. Hyett
after 1915
Bronze
St Mary Magdalene Church, Richmond
"Sacred to the memory of 'Miss Braddon' (Mary Elizabeth Maxwell), a writer of rare and refined scholarship who gave profitable and pleasurable literature to countless readers in her library of three score and ten works of fiction. Born 4 Oct. 1837. Departed this life 4 Feb. 1915. 'The Lord Preserveth the souls of his saints.'"
Photograph and text by Jacqueline Banerjee
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