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Title
Monument to Anna Helena Legh Matthews (d.1793)
Date
1793
Medium
marble
Accession number
CH1_CJ_S015
Acquisition method
commissioned by her husband John Mathews
Work type
Panel
Owner
Chester Cathedral
Custodian
Chester Cathedral
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Listing date
06/08/98
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Cathedral opening times
Signature/marks description
Banks R.A SCVLP
Inscription description
ANNA HELENA MATTHEWS / DAVGHTER OF PETER LEGH ESQ / OF BOOTHS , IN THIS COVNTY / AND ANNE HIS WIFE / DIED NOVEMBER 8TH 1793 / IN MEMORY OF HER AIMIABLE DISPOSITION / HER LIBRALITY OF MIND / AND CONJVGAL AFFECTION / HER HUSBAND / JOHN MATTHEWS / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / HAS ERECTED THIS MONUMENT.
Chester Cathedral, St Werburgh Street, Chester
CH1 2DY
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