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Mural depicting Hannah More’s house painted in Fishponds
A mural depicting the house of anti-slavery advocate Hannah More has been painted in the garden of the Beechwood Club in Fishponds.
The artwork depicts the house on Manor Road, where the campaigner was born in 1745.
Lisa Malyon, an artist from Eastville, wanted to include the local landmark in the grounds of the club.The mural has been painted in celebration of the 275th anniversary of More’s birth.
“The built environment is always my inspiration and I wanted to incorporate a local scene to the club,” says Lisa, who attends yoga classes there.
“Fishponds Park and the home of Hannah More is just across the road from the Beechwood Club so this was the obvious choice for me.”
The mural is located in the gardens of the club. Photo: Lisa Malyon
More worked to abolish slavery and an advocate of female education and social reform, helping to create 12 schools in the area.
The activist, also worked as a poet, collaborating with William Wilberforce to promote the abolition of slavery through her writing.
“Poetry at the time, a lot of the time, was published in the papers, and then that would be distributed in coffee shops and in meeting places,” says Dr Jo Edwards, a member of the Hannah More Society.
“Lots of female abolitionists don’t really get much notice made of them because they’re not William Wilberforce.”
The mural has been painted just days after an artwork of Hannah More was unveiled in the St Philip’s primary school bearing her name.
Main photo: Lisa Malyon
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