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A relief with angel's head and foliage surmounted by a portrait bust in relief, topped by gilded chalice and cross set on a cushion with gilded tassles. The surround to the monument is painted black.

Title

Monument to Reverend Edward Cullin

Date

1850

Medium

painted stone

Measurements

H 245 x W 135 x D (?) cm

Accession number

BN2_LS_S088

Work type

Monument

Work status

extant

Listing date

13/10/52

Access

time restrictions apply

Signature/marks description

Right-hand side, half way down: J. E. CAREW SCULPTOR

Inscription description

underneath the portrait relief: PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF / THE REVEREND EDWARD CULLIN / UPWARDS OF THIRTY YEARS / PASTOR OF THIS CONGREGATION: / WHOSE INFLUENCE AND EXERTIONS / PROCURED THE ERECTION OF / THIS CHAPEL: / WHOSE FRUGALITY AND SELF DENIAL / PROVIDED RESOURCES FOR / A SCHOOL FOR THE POOR; / WHOSE LIFE TRULY EXEMPLIFIED / THE LESSONS WHICH HE TAUGHT. / HE WAS BORN AT TRALEE IN IRELAND, JULY 8, 1776 / HE DIED AT BRIGHTON, MARCH 5, 1850, / IN THE 74TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / AND THE 40TH OF HIS PRIESTHOOD. / MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE

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