Monument to John Johnson
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Location
| Street: | Church Street |
| Town: | Petworth |
| Parish: | Petworth |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | GU28 |
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| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | High on the wall, faces south on north side of the Nave, Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 61 |
| Grid reference: | N9 |
| 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
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Johnson family. |
| Construction period: | 1831 |
| Installation date: | 1831 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Petworth. |
| Description: | Relief robed portrait of John Johnson sitting reading. He holds a book in his right hand with the left hand resting on a column. The relief surmounts an inscribed base. The monument is mounted high up on the Nave wall. |
| Inscription: | IN THE ADJOINING VAULT ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF A LOVER OF GOD AND MAN JOHN JOHNSON DD BORN IN THIS PARISH AND EDUCATED AT WINCHESTER AFTERWARDS FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE OXFORD AND SIXTEEN YEARS RECTOR OF NORTH CHAPEL. HIS FELLOWSHIP HE PROMPTLY RESIGNED RATHER THAN KEEP IT WITH A FORTUNE AGAINST THE INTENT IF NOT THE LETTER OF THE COLLEGE STATUTE AND DEVOTED HIS TIME TO THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS PAROCHIAL DUTIES AS WELL AS TO AN ASSIDUOUS ATTENDANCE ON SEVERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS OF LATE ESTABLISHED TO THE HONOUR OF THIS AGE AND COUNTRY HE DECEASED THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY IN THE YEAR OF GRACE ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Funerary, Commemorative |
| Object type1: | Relief |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Portrait |
| Subject subtype1: | Seated |
| Subject type2: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Seated |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Whole monument |
| Material: | White marble |
| Height (cm): | 200 |
| Width (cm): | 100 |
| Depth (cm): | 20 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 13/02/2008 |
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History
| History: | John Johnson D.D. was a Fellow of Magdalen College and Rector of Northchapel for 16 years. |
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | |
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