Monument to John Woollett (d.1819)
Monument to John Woollett (d.1819)
Monument to John Woollett (d.1819)
Monument to John Woollett (d.1819)
Monument to John Woollett (d.1819)
Monument to John Woollett (d.1819)
Monument to John Woollett (d.1819)
Monument to John Woollett (d.1819)
Monument to John Woollett (d.1819)

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A white marble sculptural relief, set against a dark marble back slab which is fixed to the wall and sitting on an inscribed white marble plinth. The relief depicts two female figures. The figure to the rear embraces the front figure and indicates heavenward with her raised right arm. Clouds are depicted above her, from which emanate rays of light. The figure at the front leans her back against the rear figure, rests her right arm on an anchor and has flowers in her left hand. Behind the two figures is a scrolled plinth that itself has a sculptural relief of a male figure giving a drink to another male figure lying on the ground. On top of the plinth is a bible with a carved inscription from the Acts of the Apostles.
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

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Located at

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Square, Rye

TN31 7HE

Inside the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, on the wall of the north transept.