Mary Tourtel white plaque

Mary Tourtel was the creator of Rupert Bear, not only a literary character, created for comics, where in original periods, words and pictures were separate, but has since become a television character as well.She lived here at the end of her life, and has other plaques elsewhere in Canterbury that highlight the main places of her life.She lived 1874 to 1948.Her life itself is a fascinating subject for your own research, and please do. This plaque is about what made her famous.