Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "Cowley Vol XII page 16"; inscribed, upper right: "213."; inscribed, lower centre: "COWLEY middx:"; inscribed, lower left: "On the North Side | To the Memory of | Mrs. ELIZABETH STAFFORD HILLIARD | She died in child Bed August 23d. 1800 | in the 43d. year of her Age. | Possessing the approbation of all who knew her | and practising every Virtue | that commands Respect or creates Esteem | as a Christian Mother Wife and Friend. |her loss is severely felt by those to whose love and Gratitude | she was most eminently entitled | and by whom this Monument | was erected A. D. 1801."; inscribed, lower right: "On the East Side | Here lyeth the Body of | WILLIAM CROSIER Esqr: | of this Parish | Who departed this life December 22d. 1772 aged 46".
Descriptive Medium
Pen and black ink and watercolour over graphite
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
St. Laurence Church, Cowley, London, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
