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Title
The Deverell Brothers (d.1886)
Date
late 19th C
Medium
stone figures on pink granite pedestal
Accession number
RG8_BC_CCT1
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Owner
The Churches Conservation Trust
Custodian
The Churches Conservation Trust
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Listing date
14/04/67
Access
time restrictions apply
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Inscription description
inscribed on the front of the plinth in black painted lettering: TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF / HAROLD / AND / ERNEST EDWARD / THE FONDLY CHERISHED / AND ONLY SONS OF / EDWARD JOHN / AND PRISCILLA DEVERELL / OF THE CHURCH FARM BASILDON / WHO WERE DROWNED WHILE BATHING / IN A SIDE BRANCH OF THE THAMES NEAR HOME / ON THE 26TH OF JUNE 1886 / AGED 16 AND 15 YEARS. / THEY WERE LOVELY AND PLEASANT / IN THEIR LIVES, AND IN THEIR DEATH / THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED II SAM. 1.23
