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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Character created by Mary Shelley in her eponymous book.

The Somers Town Mural supposedly shows "Head of Frankenstein". We can't see it in the mural but suspect that the head of Frankenstein's monster is what is actually depicted - a common error that we have smugly avoided in our picture.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Frankenstein

Commemorated ati

Mary Shelley

English Heritage Mary Shelley, 1797-1851, author of Frankenstein, lived here,...

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Percy & Mary Shelley

After their elopement in July 1814 the Shelleys lived here with Claire Clairm...

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Somers Town Mural

This mural was commissioned by the GLC in 1980 and moved to this site by St P...

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Other Subjects

Mother Goose

Mother Goose

The interment register at St Olaves Hart Street records Mother Goose being buried on 14 September 1586. This is extremely strange so we did some digging.  The story of a goose laying golden eggs ca...

Fiction, Animals, Fictional

1 memorial
Paddington Bear

Paddington Bear

Our picture is one of the illustrations by Peggy Fortnum.

Fiction, Fictional, Seriously Famous

4 memorials
The Mousetrap

The Mousetrap

The world's longest running play - still going in 2013.  Written by Agatha Christie who gave the rights to her grandson.  We've heard the butler did it.

Fiction, Fictional, Theatre

2 memorials
Charles Kitterbell

Charles Kitterbell

A character in Charles Dickens' sketches by Boz "The Bloomsbury Christening".

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial
Kaled

Kaled

Also known as "Lara's page", from Byron's poem: Lara. Precis of the poem: Lara is a lord with a page Kaled who, it turns out, is a woman in disguise. On Lara's death Kaled dies from grief. This po...

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial