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Ripon
North Yorkshire
Yorkshire & Humberside

Minster Road ☐
(Cathedral)

William Weddell

1736 - 1792
British landowner and politician
(Wikipedia)

Joseph Nollekens
c. 1789

Description

Marble bust in a representation of a Greek temple.

Inscription(s)

To the Memory
Of
WILLIAM WEDDELL ESQ^R of NEWBY,
In whom every Virtue
That ennobles the human Mind
Was united
With every elegance that adorns it,
THIS MONUMENT,
A faint Emblem of his refined Taste
Is dedicated by his Widow,
"Whom what awaits, while yet she strays
"Along the lonely vale of days?
"A Pang, to secret sorrow dear;
"A Sigh, an unavailing Tear;
"Till Time shall every grief remove,
"With Life, with Memory, and with Love."

Sculptor

Joseph Nollekens (London 1737 - London 1823), British sculptor of Flemish descent (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

English Church Architecture, Ripon Cathedral.
Church Monuments Gazetteer, Ripon Cathedral.

Locatie (N 54°8'5" - W 1°31'12") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh158; Photograph: 29 July 2019
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