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St Paul's Cathedral
London
Title
Monument to Richard Rundle Burges (1755–1797)
Date
1802
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 450 x W 240 x D 160 cm (E)
Accession number
2512
Work type
Monument
Inscription description
on base: SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / RICHARD RUNDLE BURGES ESQUIRE / COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE ARDENT, / WHO FELL IN THE XLIII'D YEAR OF HIS AGE, / WHILE BRAVELY SUPPORTING THE HONOUR / OF THE BRITISH FLAG; / IN A DARING AND SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE ENEMY'S LINE, / NEAR / CAMPERDOWNE; / ON THE ELEVENTH OF OCTOBER / MDCCXCVII. / HIS SKILL COOLNESS AND INTREPIDITY EMINENTLY CONTRIBUTED / TO A VICTORY: / EQUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS AND GLORIOUS TO HIS COUNTRY. / THAT GRATEFUL COUNTRY, / BY THE UNANIMOUS ACT OF HER LEGISLATURE, / ENROLLS HIS NAME / HIGH IN THE LIST OF THOSE HEROES: / WHO UNDER THE BLESSING OF PROVIDENCE, / HAVE ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED HER NAVAL SUPERIORITY: / AND HER EXALTED RANK AMONG NATIONS.
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Churchyard, London, Greater London EC4M 8AD England
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