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A tapering column with a foliated and trifoliated capital from which rises a smaller column with a foliated capital surmounted by a celestial globe with Latin cross. On the upper capital are models of a pinion wheel, a telescope, a pair of compasses, an hour-glass and a globe. Lawrence Earnshaw, clock-maker and inventor, was born in Wednescough in Cheshire; the son of weavers. He was apprenticed to a clothier at Stalybridge for seven years and then served a further four years as an apprentice tailor. By this time Earnshaw was known for making clocks and machines and was said to have produced a spinning machine which antedated Arkwright's Jenny by 14 years. However, Earnshaw is said to have destroyed it because he felt that it would ruin the fortunes of existing cotton workers.
Title
Memorial to Lawrence Earnshaw (1707–1767)
Date
1867–1868
Medium
Huddersfield stone
Measurements
H 563 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
SK14_FM_S047
Acquisition method
purchased by subscription
Work type
Sculpture
Custodian
Tameside MBC
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
17 April 1868
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed on front: LAWRENCE EARNSHAW / MOTTRAM. / DIED MAY 12 1767, / AND WAS BURIED IN THE / ADJOINING CHURCHYARD; inscribed on right face: A CENTURY AFTER HIS DECEASE / THE ADMIRERS OF HIS GENIUS AND WORTH / ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL / A.D 1867; inscribed on left face: A SElF-TAUGHT GENIUS AND / OF HUMBLE BIRTH, HIS TALENTS / AS AN INVENTOR ANTICIPATED / BY MANY YEARS THE DISCOVERIES / OF OTHER EMINENT MEN; inscribed on rear: BY HIS SKILL IN GEOMETRY / AND HIS ACQUIREMENTS AS A MATHEMATICIAN, / HE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED / AN ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK, / REGISTERING THE REVOLUTIONS / OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES AND THE FLOW OF THE TIDES. /