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Title
Monument to Dean William Smith (1711–1787)
Date
1787
Medium
marble
Accession number
CH1_CJ_S014
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Smith family
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 FT / LONDINI
Inscription description
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM SMITH D.D. / DEAN OF THIS CATHEDRAL AND / RECTOR OF WEST KIRKBY AND HANDLEY IN THIS COVNTY, / IN THE LXXVI YEAR OF HIS AGE / AS A SCHOLAR, HIS REPVTATION IS PERPETVATED / BY HIS VALVABLE PVBLICATIONS. / PARTICVLARLY HIS CORRECT AND ELEGANT / TRANSLATIONS OF LONGINVS. THUCYDIDES AND XENOPHON / AS A PREACHER HE WAS ADMIRED AND / ESTEEMED BY HOS RESPECTIVE AUDITORIES. / AND AS A MAN. hIS MEMORY REMAINS INSCRIBED / ON THE HEARTS OF HIS FRIENDS. / THIS MONVMENT WAS ERECTED / BY HIS AFFECTIONATE WIDOW.