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Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)

Feodora Gleichen (1861–1922)

St Marys Churchyard, Hertingfordbury, Hertingfordbury

Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)
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A depiction of the Virgin Mary and Child, with the infant Saint John. Above the sculpture is a canopy which is supported by two Tuscan Doric columns. Inset into the limestone slab in front of the sculpture are lead figures of soldiers and sailors from the First World War, with the inscription 'PAVLINE' in Roman capitals. It is a memorial to Mrs. Almeric Paget in Hertingfordbury Churchyard, Hertfordshire.
Title

Mercy – Memorial to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (1874–1916)

Date

1921

Medium

Portland stone & red brick 

Accession number

SG14_DS_S047

Acquisition method

commissioned by Almeric Hugh Paget

Work type

Tomb or mausoleum

Owner

St.Marys Church

Custodian

St.Marys Church

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

09/09/96

Access

at all times

Inscription description

above sculpture: PRO PATRIA; on plaque built into wall: TO PAULINE RAYNE WHITNEY PAGET / DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM COLLINS WHITNEY / SOMETIME SECRETARY OF THE NAVY U.S.A / BORN 21 MARCH 1874 DIED 22 NOVEMBER 1916 ; plaque 2: THIS MEMORIAL IS PLACED BY HER HUSBAND / ALMERIC HUGH PAGET M.P AFTERWARDS BARON / QUEENBOROUGH / AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY - THESE THREE BE THE GREATEST OF THESE IS CHARITY

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Located at

St Marys Churchyard, Hertingfordbury, Hertingfordbury

SG14 2LG

Located at the very end of St Mary's Church cemetery on the right hand side.

Artist or maker

Feodora Gleichen

1861–1922

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