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He was also commissioned to make the fourth plinth installation, Alison Lapper Pregnant, in Trafalgar Square in 2004.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“That divisiveness is not what the country needs,” Lapper added.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2023

“His agenda is not welcome here,” said John Lapper, a member of both the Simi Valley Democratic Club and Indivisible Simi Valley, who helped organize the protest.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2023

A large-scale reproduction of Marc Quinn’s celebrated sculpture, ‘Alison Lapper Pregnant’, emerged from a book-themed stage.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2012

KNOCK-OFF ARRANGEMENT—This is simple and durable, and is so designed as to be easily connected to the knock-off on the Breaker Lapper or other machine which follows.

From Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery by Company, Howard & Bullough American Machine