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2. Commemorative plaque - Wikipedia

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   A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, bearing text or an image in relief, or both, to commemorate one or more persons, an event, a former use of the place, or some other thing. Most such ...

3. Memorial Plaque (medallion) - Wikipedia

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   The plaques (which could be described as large plaquettes) about 120 mm (4.7 in) in diameter, were cast in bronze, and came to be known as the Dead Man's Penny or Widow's Penny because of the superficial similarity to the much smaller penny coin (which had a diameter of only 30.86 mm (1.215 in)). 1,355,000 plaques were issued, which used a ...

4. Plaquette - Wikipedia

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   A plaquette (French:; "small plaque") is a small low relief sculpture in bronze or other materials. These were popular in the Italian Renaissance and later. They may be commemorative, but especially in the Renaissance and Mannerist periods were often made for purely decorative purposes, with often crowded scenes from religious, historical or ...

5. List of former English Heritage blue plaques - Wikipedia

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   This black plaque of a unique design - acknowledging, as with the equally distinct plaque to Captain Cook, the exceptional marking a 'site-of' rather than an authentic building - was affixed to a 70's office block named Caroone House in 1985, shortly before the Greater London Council was abolished. It was removed from the scheme immediately ...

6. R. John Beedham - Wikipedia

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   A small wood engraving by Ralph John Beedham. Ralph John Beedham (1879–1975) was a British wood-engraver. He occupies a unique position in the history of twentieth-century wood-engraving because, being a formschneider, he was probably the last person in Britain to serve an apprenticeship as a professional reproductive wood-engraver.

7. Melville Monument - Wikipedia

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   While a permanent plaque awaited planning, the council installed temporary plaques in July 2020. These bore the intended wording of the permanent plaque, which had been drafted by a sub-committee including representatives of the council and Edinburgh World Heritage along with Palmer. [ 58 ]