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A memorial to George William Lancaster (d.1920) and Elisa Mary Lancaster (d.1922), featuring a large and dramatic figure of a mourning female angel. She kneels beside the tomb with her left arm and vast wings draped over the top, her head hanging down to one side resting on her left shoulder. A bouquet of roses is gathered under her right arm and inside the folds of her dress. The tomb is a plain rectangular sarcophagus resting on bronze brackets and mounted on a stone platform and plinth. This work is influenced by North Italian tomb sculpture (especially Leonards Bistolfi) and is considered one of the most significant twentieth century examples of funerary sculpture. It is memorable for the fluid positioning of the body and the weight-defying droop of the wings over the stone sarcophagus.
Title
Lancaster Memorial
Date
c.1920
Medium
Portland stone & bronze
Measurements
H 200 x W 265 x D 265 cm;
Plinth: H 55 x W 237 x D 237 cm
Accession number
TW10_JF_S022
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Lancaster family
Work type
Statue
Owner
The Lancaster family
Custodian
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Listing date
05/03/92
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Cemetery opening times.
Inscription description
inscription: IN SWEET AND LOVING MEMORY OF / GEORGE WILLIAM / LANCASTER / 23RD JANUARY 1920 / AGED 66 YEARS / "LOVE LIVES FOREVER" and LOUISA MARY / LANCASTER / DIED / JUNE 23RD 1922 / "SHE LIVED FOR OTHERS”
East Sheen Cemetery, Sheen
TW10 5BJ
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