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Monument design

Drawing
1737-1823 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Conception of a group of the 'Massacre of the Innocents'. 1 of 100 designs for monuments etc.
Design for a wall memorial featuring bas-relief bust in an oval plaque.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMonument design
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and wash
Brief description
Drawing, design for a monument, pen and ink and wash, Joseph Nollekens
Physical description
Conception of a group of the 'Massacre of the Innocents'. 1 of 100 designs for monuments etc.
Design for a wall memorial featuring bas-relief bust in an oval plaque.
Dimensions
  • Height: 234mm
  • Width: 189mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with scale in feet. Sarcophagus inscribed: 'In Memory of / Captain John Urry of the Royal Navy, who with his amiable wife / and only son is buried near this spot / This tablet [?] / was erected in the year 1802 by Rear Admiral Biggs / in token of this sincere esteem and regards for the family / of a valuable and a worthy friend / "I venerate the Man, whose heart is warm / Whose hands are pure , whose like and whose professions / coincident, exhibit lucid proof / That he is honest in the [?] / To such [?] more than mere respect / Whose actions say that they respect themselves.'"
Collection
Accession number
E.4392-1920

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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