Memorial plaque to "Miss Braddon"

J. E. Hyett

after 1915

Bronze

St Mary Magdalene Church, Richmond

[Entire Plaque]

"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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