DescriptionLost Plaque LCC Edmund Kean 12 Clarges Street 1904.png
English: Representation of a London County Council commemorative plaque to the actor Edmund Kean erected 20th October 1904 at 12 Clarges Street, Piccadilly. The house was demolished in 1964. The plaque was saved and gifted to British Theatre Museum Association by the Greater London Council in December 1964 and subsequently passed to the V&A. 450x450 png based on a monochrome line drawing from "Indication of Houses of Historical Interest in London - Volume I" published by the London County Council in 1907. The name of the author is given as the London County Council, the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965. The individual author/artist are not named in the book. Volumes I-III include a forward by Sir Laurence Gomme, Clerk to London County Council, who died in 1915. Volume IV includes a forward by Sir James Bird, Clerk to London County Council who died in 1925). Volume VI includes a forward by George Gater, Clerk to London County Council who died in 1963.
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Lost Plaque LCC Edmund Kean 12 Clarges Street 1904
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