Blue plaque dedicated to renowned landscape artist

The plaque was unveiled on Friday

A blue plaque dedicated to renowned landscape artist John Fullwood has been unveiled in Wolverhampton.

It was revealed on Friday by city mayor Craig Collingswood at a ceremony hosted by Wolverhampton Arts Society.

The plaque is set to go on display at a later date on Worcester Street, where the etcher and illustrator was born in 1855.

Wolverhampton Art Society said the plaque was a celebration of the artist, who died in 1931.

Paul Fullwood said his relative John Fullwood was an interesting artist

Fullwood, who studied in Birmingham, had his paintings displayed at the Royal Academy on 21 occasions and by the Royal Society of British Artists on 99 occasions, according to the Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society.

He also displayed 67 paintings at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists exhibitions.

Paul Fullwood told the BBC that only when he started researching his family tree in recent years did he realise he was the artist's third cousin three times removed.

"John was an interesting painter in his own right," he said.

He added that the plaque would appear at the approximate spot of his relative's birthplace, as other events had got in the way.

"The council straightened [Worcester Street] to put the tram line down. So the council demolished his home," Mr Fullwood explained.