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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: October 14, 2017
Caption: George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix Markers - Wide View
Additional Description: The Hendrix marker is on the left, the Handel marker on the right.

"Handel’s residence at number 25 was first commemorated, by the Society of Arts, in about 1870 – making his the first plaque to be erected to a musician. However, by the middle of the 20th century, the plaque – chocolate-brown in colour – had become illegible and so was replaced by the London County Council in 1952. In 2001 English Heritage replaced the plaque again, taking the opportunity to correct the Anglicisation of Handel’s middle name – given as ‘Frederick’ – and to move the plaque lower down on the façade. Later the same year, the Handel House Museum opened in numbers 25 and 23, with rooms restored to their early Georgian appearance....In 1997 Handel’s plaque was joined by that to the guitarist and songwriter Jimi Hendrix (1942–70) at 23 Brook Street, creating one of the most famous pairings of blue plaques in London." - English Heritage
Submitted: October 19, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p400884
File Size: 2.378 Megabytes

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