Monument to Herminie Beatrice Eckstein
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Location
| Street: | B2026 |
| Town: | Fairwarp |
| Parish: | Maresfield |
| Council: | Wealden District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN22 |
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| Object setting: | Outside building |
| and in: | Religious |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Western section of churchyard, Christ Church. |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 34 |
| Grid reference: | G8 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
| Name : | Sir William Reid Dick |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Sir Bernard Eckstein (Brother) |
| Construction period: | 1930 |
| Installation date: | 1945 |
| Unveiling date: | 1945 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Christ Church, Fairwarp. |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Building listing: | II |
| Description: | Funerary monument. Comprises a bronze standing figure of a Herminie Eckstein as a young woman with outstretched arms in Ancient Greek dress on a stone plinth. The statue faces west towards the tombs of Frederick Eckstein and Bernard Eckstein. |
| Signatures: | Right side of statue on the upper surface of the bronze at the base:
Reid Dick 1930 |
| Inscription: | HERMINIE BEATRICE ECKSTEIN BORN 19TH. JANUARY 1893 DIED 14TH. MARCH 1945 FARE THEE WELL MY BEST BELOVED YOU HAVE BROUGHT MUCH HAPPINESS INTO MANY LIVES. THE REMEMBRANCE OF YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WONDERFUL East side of pedestal relief of the Eckstein coat of arms. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Funerary, Free Standing, Commemorative, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Statue |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
| Subject type2: | Portrait |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Pedestal |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 50 |
| Width (cm): | 67 |
| Depth (cm): | 67 |
| Part 2: | Statue |
| Material: | Bronze, patinated blue/green |
| Height (cm): | 173 |
| Width (cm): | 80 |
| Depth (cm): | 53 |
| Part 3: | Base |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 12 |
| Width (cm): | 93 |
| Depth (cm): | 93 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Biological growth |
| Condition 2: | Metallic staining |
| More details: | Biological growth and metallic staining to stonework on base and pedestal. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 21/12/2007 |
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History
| History: | Hermine Beatrice Eckstein (1893-1945), laid the foundation stone for the enlargement of Christ Church in 1935. The early date of the statue suggests either that this figure was selected as a memorial before her death or that a favourite piece of sculpture was used as a memorial afterwards. Herminie Eckstein appears to be erroneously spelt 'Hermione' in various sources. Reid Dick's archives are held by the Tate Gallery, London. |
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References
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Photographs
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