Sujet

Altar-tomb and Sculpture in Ledbury Church, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Altar-tomb and Sculpture in Ledbury Church, 1857. Monument to a dead child, conceived by Mary Thornycroft and sculpted by her husband Thomas Thornycroft. 'This altar-tomb and group of sculpture have been executed by Mr. Thornycroft, and erected in the chancel of Ledbury Church, to the infant son of Mr. John Martin, M.P., of the Upper Hall, Ledbury. The child reposes in the placid sleep of infancy, its little hands trustfully crossed on its breast. Angels grouped at the head guard [the] sleeper - one bearing the crown of immortality, waiting the appointed time. In this highly-meritorious work Mr. Thornycroft has revived the architectural arrangement of the Middle Ages...It bears the following inscription: "John Hamilton, the beloved infant son of John Martin and Maria Henrietta, his wife, born April 23rd, 1850, died March 18th, 1851. Them which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him".' From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A75_311

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

9,2Mo (539,1Ko) / 15,3cm x 15,1cm / 1804 x 1780 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people child children religious arts infant baby babies religion sculpture art British church color death marble Christianity infancy tomb angel mausoleum century burial angels Britain newspapers press concept herefordshire B&W engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News infant mortality TGN wood engraving ILN Ledbury newspaper Unknown Mary Thomas Thomas Thornycroft Thornycroft Francis 19th-century Mary Thornycroft Mrs Mary Thornycroft Mary Francis