Monument to Elizabeth Mary Poyntz
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Location
| Street: | Petworth Road |
| Town: | Easebourne |
| Parish: | Easebourne |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | GU29 |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| and in: | Religious |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Priory Church of St. Mary - in a Chapel at the east end of the south aisle |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 59 |
| Grid reference: | K7 |
| 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. | |
| OS Reference: | SU895225 |
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Makers
| Name : | Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | William Stephen Poyntz (husband) |
| Construction period: | 1838 |
| Installation date: | 1838 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Priory Church of St. Mary |
| Description: | Faces south-west. Wall mounted, seated portrait relief sculpture of Elizabeth Mary Poyntz. The figure's hands are clasped to her chest in an expression of devotion and virtue. The seated figure rests on a plinth, the front of which bears an inscription. |
| Signatures: | Signature to the right of the figure on the back of the seat:
CHANTREY. SC. 1838 |
| Inscription: | UNDERNEATH LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS / OF THE HONBLE. ELIZ. MARY POYNTZ / A LADY WHOSE SPOTLESS LIFE, ADORNED BY EVERY CHRISTIAN GRACE / SHONE BEFORE MEN A LOVELY AND VENERABLE IMAGE OF FEMALE WORTH AND DIGNITY. / IN HER THE BLESSED FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT: / MEEKNESS, HUMILITY, RESIGNATION, CHARITY, FERVENT PIETY AND STEADFAST FAITH; / EVER ABOUNDED AND INCREASED TO HER DYING DAY. / SHE DEPARTED IN HOPE ON THE 30TH. DAY OF DECR. MDCCCXXX IN THE 64TH. YEAR OF HER AGE. / AND WAS BURIED NEAR HER EXCELLENT MOTHER FRANCES VISCOUNTESS MONTAGUE / WHO DIED IN 1814 AGED 83. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HER AFFLICTED HUSBAND W.S. POYNTZ ESQRE. / AS WELL TO COMMEMORATE HER VIRTUES AND HIS OWN AFFLICTION. / AS TO RECORD THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THEIR TWO ONLY SONS / UNHAPPILY DROWNED IN THE FLOWER OF THEIR YOUTH UNDER THE EYES OF THEIR PARENTS / IN THE YEAR MDCCCXV. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Funerary, Commemorative, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Object type2: | Relief |
| Subject type1: | Portrait |
| Subject subtype1: | Seated |
| Subject type2: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Seated |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Whole monument |
| Material: | White and grey, amber-veined marble |
| Height (cm): | 400 |
| Width (cm): | 210 |
| Depth (cm): | 56 |
| Part 2: | Figure |
| Material: | White marble |
| Height (cm): | 145 |
| Width (cm): | 105 |
| Depth (cm): | 30 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 02/04/2008 |
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History
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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