Mary Tourtel Plaque - High Street, Canterbury, Kent, UK
Posted by: Dragontree
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This plaque appears in the High Street in Canterbury on the Sidney Cooper Gallery.
Waymark Code: WMEC2A
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/05/2012
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The plaque is hidden behind the gallery sign and try as we might we could not move it! It reads as follows:
'MARY TOURTEL
1874 - 1948
Creator of Rupert Bear
studied art here
c. 1891 - 1896'
Mary lived in Ivy Lane and is buried in St Martin's churchyard. She studied art here, being taught by Thomas Sidney Cooper. Mary created and illustrated the famous Rupert Bear.