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Title
Monument to John Woollett (d.1819)
Date
1819 or later
Medium
white marble
Measurements
H 255 x W 115 x D 12 cm
Accession number
TN31_LS_S017
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Woollett family
Work type
Relief
Owner
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Custodian
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Work status
extant
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Church opening times
Signature/marks description
base of the plinth, left hand side, incised letters: J. BACON, INVT; base of the plinth, right hand side, incised letters: S. MANNING, FT
Inscription description
inscription at the base of the sculptural relief, incised black painted letters: THY GENTLE ARM, BENEVOLENCE, SUSTAINS / OUR FAINTING HOPE, THY BALM OUR LIFE REGAINS; inscription to the plinth, incised black painted letters: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN WOOLLETT, ESQR / LATE OF THIS TOWN; / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE XXIIIRD. OF MARCH / MDCCCXIX / IN THE LXTH. YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HIS LAMENTED REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED / IN THIS CHURCH; incised letters on the left hand page of the open book of the sculptural relief: CTS; incised letters on the right hand page of the open book of the sculptural relief: CHAP X. / A juft Man / And one / That / Feared God / VER 22