Index of all Sculpture

Judge John Powell - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:57

 

 

 

This marble monument to Judge John Powell (d1714) is by Thomas Green of Camberwell. John Powell presided over the trial of Jane Wenham, one of the last people convicted of witchcraft in England.

 

 

Gloucestershire
Baroque
Effigy
Sculpture
Tomb
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Thomas Deacon - Peterborough Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 10/09/2011 - 20:36

 

 

 

White marble monument to Thomas Deacon (d1725) and wife.

 

 

 

Cambridgeshire
Baroque
Georgian
Effigy
Sculpture
Tomb
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Benson family Monument - Dodford, Northamptonshire

walwyn Tue, 11/23/2010 - 20:28

 

 

Architectural monument to commemorate members of the Benson family c1730. Probably by Smith of Warwick.

 

 

 

 

Northamptonshire
Baroque
Sculpture
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Tomb of Galileo Galilei - Santa Croce Florence

walwyn Sat, 10/27/2012 - 22:47

 

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).

 

 

Italy
Baroque
Sculpture
Tomb
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Sir Thomas Street - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 08/16/2011 - 02:06

 

 

This memorial to Sir Thomas Street (d1696) is the work of the sculptor Joseph Wilton a founding member of the Royal Academy, and was made around 1774.

 

 

Worcestershire
Baroque
Georgian
Sculpture
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Sarah Morley monument - Gloucester Cathedral.

walwyn Sun, 11/06/2011 - 18:31

 

 

This monument by John Flaxman is to Sarah Morley (d1784) who died a few days after giving birth whilst travelling back to England from India. Both Sarah and her child were buried at sea.

  

 

Gloucestershire
Baroque
Georgian
Sculpture
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Richard Solly - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 09/20/2011 - 22:10

 

 

Monument to Richard Solly (d1803) by John Bacon Jr.

 

 

 

Worcestershire
Georgian
Sculpture
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Tomb of Vittorio Alfier - San Croce, Florence

walwyn Fri, 04/09/2021 - 17:12

 

 

Count Vittorio Alfier (d1803) was an Italian poet and dramatist who wrote some 19 tragedies between 1775-1787.

Italy
Neoclassicism
Sculpture
Tomb
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Col Sir Henry Walton Ellis - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 05/16/2011 - 22:11

 

This monument placed by the officers and men of the royal Welch Fusiliers is by John Bacon Jr. It depicts Col Sir Henry Walton Ellis falling from his horse, with Victory crowning him with a Laurel wreath.

 

 

Worcestershire
Georgian
Sculpture
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