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Standing on a large square pedestal, a taller than life-size figure dressed as a Roman senator, the right arm pointing downwards and to the right with palm open, the left hand holding a scroll.

Title

William Huskisson (1770–1830)

Date

1988

Medium

marble statue & pedestal with stone base

Measurements

H 210 x W 92 x D 92 cm;
Plinth: H 160 x W 150 x D 150 cm

Accession number

PO19_JD_S005

Acquisition method

commissioned by George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont

Work type

Statue

Owner

Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral

Custodian

Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

1832

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

cathedral opening times

Inscription description

inscribed on the front of the pedestal, the letters painted black: TO THE MEMORY OFTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE / WILLIAM HUSKISSON, / FOR TEN YEARS ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS CITY / IN PARLIAMENT. / THIS STATION HE RELINQUISHED IN MDCCCXXIII, / WHEN YIELDING TO A SENSE OF PUBLICK DUTY / HE ACCEPTED THE OFFER OF BEING RETURNED FOR LIVERPOOL, / FOR WHICH HE WAS SELECTED ON ACCOUNT OF / THE ZEAL AND INTELLIGENCE DISPLAYED BY HIM / IN ADVANCING THE COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY OF THE EMPIRE / HIS DEATH WAS OCCASIONED BY AN ACCIDENT NEAR THAT TOWN / ON THE XV OF SEPTEMBER MDCCCXXX, / AND CHANGED A SCENE OF TRIUMPHANT REJOICING / INTO ONE OF GENERAL MOURNING / AT THE URGENT SOLICITATION OF HIS CONSTITUENTS / HE WAS INTERRED IN THE CEMETERY THERE / AMID THE UNAFFECTED SORROW OF ALL CLASSES OF PEOPLE. / GIFTED WITH EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL ABILITIES / HE CULTIVATED THEM WITH UNREMITTING APPLICATION / AND MATURED THEM BY LONG REFLECTION AND EXPERIENCE. / HE EARLY DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / AND WAS CALLED TO SOME OF THE HIGHEST OFFICES OF THE STATE / WHICH HE FILLED ALIKE WITH HONOUR TO HIMSELF / AND ADVANTAGE TO THE PUBLICK. / THE INHABITANTS OF CHICHESTER AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, / DEEPLY REGRETTING HIS UNTIMELY LOSS, / HAVE CAUSED THIS STATUE TO BE ERECTED / TO RECORD TO POSTERITY / THEIR ADMIRATION OF HIS TALENTS AND INTEGRITYAS A STATESMAN, / THEIR RESPECT AND AFFECTION FOR HIS PRIVATE CHARACTER / BORN MDCCLXX DIED MDCCCXXX.

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