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Francesco Algarotti - Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa

walwyn Fri, 11/09/2012 - 22:14

This tomb dedicated to Francesco Algarotti (d1764), in the Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa, was designed by Mauro Antonio Tesi. It was erect on the instructions of Frederick the Great of Prussia.

Italy

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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.

Bishop James Johnson - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 09/19/2011 - 01:17

This bust of Bishop of Worcester James Johnson (d1774), is by Joseph Nollekens.

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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.

19th century church monuments

walwyn Mon, 11/02/2009 - 19:28

Church brasses, tomb chests, effigies, and sculpture from 1900 - 2000 AD.

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Richard Solly - Worcester Cathedral

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

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

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.

William Wailes (1808-1881) was born in Newcastle and originally started grocery and tea-dealing business. He studied the manufacture of stained glass in Munich in the 1830s, and by 1838 start his own company in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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.