Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul: An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical SketchDimock, Arthur
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Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul: An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
Dimock, Arthur
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)
4. Mural tablet to the officers and men of the Royal Fusiliers (7th
Foot) who perished in Afghan Campaign, 1879-1880.
5. =Stewart= (Major-Gen. Sir Herbert, K.C.B., 1844-1885). Killed in
the abortive attempt to relieve Gordon. A mural tablet behind Gordon's
monument. (Boehm.)
6. =Torrens= (Major-Gen. Sir A. Wellesley). Died in the Crimea.
(Marochetti.)
[Illustration: THE WELLINGTON MONUMENT.]
7. Mural tablets in brass on either side of the Melbourne monument to
the crew of H.M.S. _Captain_. Constructed in the early days of
ironclads, this vessel foundered in 1870 through a mistaken
calculation about the metacentre, with the designer, Captain Cooper
Coles, and a son of the First Lord on board.
8. =Melbourne= (William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848), with his brother
Frederick, a diplomatist (d. 1853). Prime Minister at the accession of
Queen Victoria. Black marble representation of "the gate of death,"
with angels of white marble. The complete darkness with nothing beyond
is more appropriate to the Premier's religious views as stated in the
_Greville Memoirs_, than to the inscription from the Collect for
Easter Eve. (Marochetti.)
SOUTH AISLE OF NAVE.
9. Officers of Coldstream Guards killed at Inkerman, with old colours
of regiment above. Vesey Dawson, Granville Elliott, Lionel Mackinnon,
Murray Cowell, Henry M. Bouverie, Frederick Ramsden, Edward Disbrowe,
C. Hubert Greville, with inscription, "Brothers in arms, in glory and
in death, they were buried in one grave." (Marochetti.)
10. =Burgiss= (Captain Richard Rundle, R.N., 1755-1797). Killed at
Camperdown in command of the _Ardent_. Almost undraped, and out of
proportion about the shoulders and bust, as is also the figure of
Victory giving him the sword. Group in lower part of sarcophagus
difficult to interpret. (J. Banks, R.A.)
11. =Middleton= (T.F., d. 1822). First Bishop of Calcutta. (Lough.)
12. =Lyons= (Captain, R.N., d. 1855). (Noble.)
13. =Westcott= (Captain Geo. Blagdon, R.N., 1743-1798). Killed in
command of the _Majestic_ at the Nile. Expression of the face too
young. The bas-relief has the Sphynx, the Nile, and the _Orient_ blown
up. (Banks.)
14. =Loch= (Captain, R.N., d. 1853). (Marochetti.)
NORTH TRANSEPT.
15. =Faulknor= (Captain Robert, R.N., 1763-1795). He was called the
"Undaunted" by Jervis; killed off Dominica in command of the
_Blanche_, and while lashing his bowsprit to the _Pique_, a French
frigate of superior size. Falling into the arms of Neptune, with
Victory about to crown him. (C. Rossi, R.A.)
16. =Mackenzie= (Major-Gen. J.R.), =Langwerth= (Brig.-Gen. E.). Both
killed at Talavera, July 28, 1809. Above Faulknor's. Two sons of
England bear trophies. The figure of Victory not remarkable for good
proportions. (C. Manning.)
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