Alabster tomb containing the effigies of Thomas Lucy and his wife Joyce.
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Monument by Samuel Baldwin of Stroud, dedicated to Thomas Machen (d1614), Christian Baston his wife and 13 children. Thomas Machen was mayor of Gloucester three times, and was elected to parliament in 1613.
Thomas Otway Cave (d1830) by Kessells. Relief of dying man, with woman seated on his couch, and winged genius with extinguished torch by his head.
Marble tomb of Sir John Throckmorton (d1580) and his wife Marjorie.
Agnès Sorel (d1450) was the mistress of King Charles VII of France to whom she gave birth to three daughters to Charles VII.
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This elaborate Baroque tomb, located in the portico of the Camposanto Monumentale, commemorates Algarotti Ovidio Arminio, a disciple of Sir Isaac Newton, and is dated to the year 1765 (as inscribed).
This alabaster and marble monument is to Ambrose Dudley (d1590), 3rd earl of Warwick. It consists of a effigy on a tomb chest with pilasters and angled columns. The Warwick bear is at his feet and the tomb chest contains heraldic shields around its sides.
The tomb of Galileo Galilei (d1642) at Santa Croce in Florence was erected in 1737. It was designed by Giulio Foggini and contains a bust of Galileo Galilei (by Giovanni Battista Foggini), and figures representing Astronomy (by Vincenzo Foggini), and Geometry (by Girolamo Ticciati).
Alabaster tomb of Sir John Cressy (d1445) Dodford, Northamptonshire. The sides of the tomb chest have angels holding shields, and the offices he held in France are listed around the top edge.
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