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The Oratory, St James's Cemetery

Liverpool

Title

Monument to William Ewart (1763–1823)

Date

c.1823

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 137 x W 61 x D (?) cm

Accession number

WAG 9846

Acquisition method

transferred, 1986

Work type

Statue

Inscription description

inscribed front plinth: TO THE MEMORY / OF / WILLIAM EWART / AN INTELLIGENT, INDEFATIGABLE / AND SUCCESSFUL / MERCHANT / A VIRTUOS AND AMIABLE / MAN. / HIS WIDOW AND CHILDREN, / WITH THE DEEPEST FEELINGS / OF REVERENCE AND REGRET, / HAVE RAISED THIS MONUMENT. / BORN FEBY 26TH 1763 – DIED OCTR 8TH 1823.

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