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Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert
Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert
Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert
Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert
Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert
Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert
Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert
Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert
Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert
Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert

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A monument to Maria Fitzherbert (1756–1837), the Roman Catholic widow who married the Prince of Wales in 1785.
Title

Monument to Mrs Fitzherbert

Date

1837

Medium

grey & white marble with gilding

Measurements

H 274 x W 122 x D (?) cm

Accession number

BN2_LS_S087

Work type

Relief

Work status

extant

Listing date

13/10/52

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time restrictions apply

Signature/marks description

J. E. CAREW / SCULPTOR 1837

Inscription description

base of sculptural relief: IN A VAULT NEAR THIS SPOT ARE DEPOSITED / THE REMAINS OF / MARIA FITZHERBERT / SHE WAS BORN ON THE XXVI OF JULY MDCCLVI / AND EXPIRED AT BRIGHTON ON THE XXVII OF MARCH MDCCCXXXVII. / ONE TO WHOM SHE WAS MORE THAN A PARENT HAS PLACED / THIS MONUMENT TO HER REVERED AND BELOVED MEMORY / AS AN HUMBLE THOUGH FEEBLE TRIBUTE OF HER EVERLASTING / GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION / R.I.P. / on grey marble background: In loving remembrance of our dear mother, Mary Seymour, (Honble Mrs. G.L.D Damer) the adopted child of Mrs. Fitzherbert, / who placed this pious memorial of affection and gratitude here in 1837. She died in 1848. / Her only surviving children Blanche, Haygarth and Constance Leslie, place this record 1910. / on book: 'IT IS A MORE / BLESSED THING / TO GIVE THAN / TO RECEIVE' / ACTS.C.XX.V3

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Located at

Bristol Road, Brighton

BN2 1DB

Located inside St John the Baptist Church.