Monument to the Earl of Egremont
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Location
Street: | Church Street |
Town: | Petworth |
Parish: | Petworth |
Council: | Chichester District Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | GU28 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | Inside building |
and in: | Religious |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | West 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. | |
Previous location: | Formerly in the Chapel of St. Thomas |
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Makers
Name : | Edward Hodges Baily |
Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
Construction period: | 1840 |
Installation date: | 1840 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Petworth. |
Description: | Faces east. Large seated statue of George O'Brien, Earl of Egremont on a plinth. He holds a scroll in his right hand. |
Signatures: | Signed on northern face of pedestal:
E.H. BAILY. R.A. FACIEBAT. LONDINI 1840. |
Inscription: | GEORGE O’BRIEN EARL OF EGREMONT BORN DECR. 18. 1751 DIED NOVR. 11. 1837. FILII. POSUERE. |
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Classification
Categories: | Funerary, Free Standing, Commemorative, Sculptural |
Object type1: | Statue |
Object type2: | Sculpture |
Subject type1: | Figurative |
Subject subtype1: | Seated |
Subject type2: | Portrait |
Subject subtype1: | Seated |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Plinth |
Material: | White marble |
Height (cm): | 138 |
Width (cm): | 105 |
Depth (cm): | 155 |
Part 2: | Statue |
Material: | White marble |
Height (cm): | 160 |
Width (cm): | 78 |
Depth (cm): | 145 |
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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: | The statue represents George O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Egremont who redesigned the church in 1827-1829. Baily also sculpted the statue of Nelson in Trafalgar Square. He was a pupil of Flaxman. |
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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