Sujet

Memorial of the late Sir Joseph Paxton at Coventry, 1868. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Memorial of the late Sir Joseph Paxton at Coventry, 1868. 'Soon after the death of the late Sir Joseph Paxton, who was the representative of Coventry in the House of Commons, a meeting of his friends and admirers was held in that city, and it was resolved that a suitable monument should be erected to his honour in the cemetery, though he was not interred there. A fund was subscribed for the purpose, and intrusted to the management of a local committee, of whom Mr. John Golson was the chairman. Designs were invited from a number of different architects, and that of Messrs. Goddard and Son, of Leicester, was selected in the competition. The Engraving represents the design of this monument, which is constructed of Portland stone, with polished granite shafts. It is not yet complete'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A34_343

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

16,7Mo (1000,2Ko) / 12,9cm x 32,4cm / 1523 x 3828 (300dpi)

Mots clés

road England architecture stone arts memorial art British death Gothic location century cemetery graveyard Britain newspapers press print concept B&W architectural style engraved engraving west midlands Thoroughfare 19th century black & white black and white B W Neo-Gothic Monument Gothic Revival nineteenth century Victorian Gothic The Print Collector Coventry Illustrated London News London Road Portland stone TGN ILN newspaper Unknown Sir Joseph Paxton Paxton Joseph Paxton Henry Joseph Sir Joseph Goddard 19th-century The Illustrated London News Paxton Memorial Henry Goddard