Memorial tablet commemorating Museum personnel killed in the Second World War
Memorial Tablet
ca. 1951- ca. 1952 (incised)
ca. 1951- ca. 1952 (incised)
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| Place of origin |
In 1951 the engraver and type designer Reynolds Stone was selected by the Committee of the 1939-1945 War Memorial Fund to design a tablet in commemoration of Museum staff lost in the conflict. A precedent had been set by Eric Gill's memorial tablet following the First World War, commissioned in 1919. The Committee were keen for Stone to undertake the memorial, as in this way the Museum would also obtain an example of the best inscriptive lettering of the period. Both this tablet and the one by Gill are displayed in the Museum's main entrance. The present one is opposite the memorial tablet to Dr W.L. Hildburgh.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Memorial tablet commemorating Museum personnel killed in the Second World War (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Slate, with incised gold lettering |
| Brief description | Memorial tablet, slate with incised gold lettering, commemorating Museum personnel killed in the Second World War, lettering by Reynolds Stone, England, ca. 1951-1952 |
| Physical description | Memorial tablet with inscription |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED / IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 / C.A.CARTER . C.J.CHEVERTON . W.H.FRENCH / EDNA M.MARR . J.E.MELLESS . H.G.MOORING / F.MORRIS . G.P.MORTON . A.E.MUNDAY / J.F.A.ROBERTS . P.A.ROUTE . E.TICKEL / DOROTHY WILSON . A.J.V.WRIGHT' |
| Object history | Commissioned by the Museum from the artist in 1951 for £150. The money was provided by the Purchase Grant Fund (£113 6s), and donations from members of staff to the War Memorial Subscription Fund (£36 14s). |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | In 1951 the engraver and type designer Reynolds Stone was selected by the Committee of the 1939-1945 War Memorial Fund to design a tablet in commemoration of Museum staff lost in the conflict. A precedent had been set by Eric Gill's memorial tablet following the First World War, commissioned in 1919. The Committee were keen for Stone to undertake the memorial, as in this way the Museum would also obtain an example of the best inscriptive lettering of the period. Both this tablet and the one by Gill are displayed in the Museum's main entrance. The present one is opposite the memorial tablet to Dr W.L. Hildburgh. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bilbey, Diane with Trusted, Marjorie, British Sculpture 1470 to 2000. A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2002, p. 464, cat. no. 754 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.39-1952 |
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| Record created | January 9, 2003 |
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