Monument design
Drawing
1737-1823 (made)
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.
Design for a wall memorial featuring bas-relief bust in an oval plaque.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Monument 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 |
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| 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 created | June 30, 2009 |
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