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Our Marble Tribute

Dr Ann Saunders FSA · Gresham College

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About

Between 1795 and 1815, the British Government spent an amazing £110,575 on thirty-three marble monuments to the heroes of the wars against Napoleonic France. These now people the aisles, crypt and walls of St Paul¹s Cathedral, and visitors pass them by, pausing only to stare with incomprehension, or to giggle. These tributes in stone, many of them fully life-sized, are worth more than that; they form a history book, provide a gallery of early nineteenth-century English sculpture, and repay time spent in examination and contemplation.

The talk

  1. Our Marble Tribute 2005-10-18 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Dr Ann Saunders FSA
Year
2005
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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