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Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin
Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin
Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin
Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin
Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin
Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin
Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin
Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin
Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin
Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin
Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin

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Title

Tomb of Charlotte and Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin

Medium

Peterhead granite & Carrara marble

Measurements

H 450 x W 145 x D 84 cm

Accession number

W10_JR_S006

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Gravelet Blondin family

Work type

Tomb or mausoleum

Owner

Gravelet Blondin family

Custodian

Kensal Green Cemetery

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

13/06/01

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time restrictions apply

Access note

Cemetery opening times.

Signature/marks description

right-hand face of the base: A. MACDONALD & CO LD / ABERDEEN & 373 EUSTON RD

Inscription description

left: IN MEMORY OF / MY BELOVED WIFE / CHARLOTTE GRAVELET BLONDIN / WHO DIED 15TH NOVEMBER 1888 / AGED 52 / IN LOVING MEMORY OF KATHERINE GRAVELET BLONDIN / DIED JULY 18TH 1901 AGED 36 YEARS; right: IN MEMORY OF / JEAN FRANCOIS GRAVELET BLONDIN / WHO DIED AT NIAGARA HOUSE EALING / 22ND FEBRUARY 1897 / IN HIS 73RD YEAR

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Located at

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensington

W10 4RA

Located on the north side of West Centre Avenue (plot number 31398/140/RS).