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The figures depicted in this sculptural relief depict a scene from the assault on Buenos Aires in 1807. One figure lies dead, face down on the ground, while another is on one knee supporting the dead or dying figure of Percy Burrell in his arms. The work was commissioned by Burrell's two surviving brothers.

Title

Monument to Captain Percy Burrell

Date

1810

Medium

white & grey marble

Measurements

H 300 x W 155 x D 17 cm

Accession number

RH17_LS_S012

Acquisition method

commissioned by Sir Charles Burrell and Walter Burrell

Work type

Relief

Work status

extant

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

The church is open daily, 9am–5pm, although there are also services every day when the sculpture may not be accessible.

Signature/marks description

bottom-right of the monument:J, BACON, Junr. Sculptor, / LONDON, 1810.

Inscription description

integral plaque underneath figures: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF PERCY BURRELL, / CAPTAIN IN THE SIXTH REGIMENT OF DRAGOON-GUARDS / FOURTH SON OF SIR WILLIAM BURRELL BART. OF KNEPP IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, / AND SOPHIA ELDEST DAUGHTER OF SIR CHARLES RAYMOND BART. / THIS GALLANT OFFICER WAS BORN ON THE 5TH OF JULY 1779, / AND AT THE ILLCONCERTED AND FATAL ATTACK ON BUENOS-AYRES ON THE 5TH OF JULY 1807, / AFFORDED AN EXAMPLE OF THAT SELF DEVOTION, SO FREQUENT IN THE MILITARY ANNALS / OF HIS COUNTRY; FOR WHILST LEADING THE COLUMN OF DISMOUNTED CAVALRY, / AFTER THE UNTIMELY FALL OF HIS SUPERIOR OFFICER LT. COL. KINGTON. AND / WHILST IN THE ACT OF ENCOURAGING BY HIS INTREPID EXAMPLE / THE EXERTIONS OF HIS MEN, WHO WERE EXPOSED TO A MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE, / HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY A MUSKET SHOT. / THUS FELL IN THE CAREER OF HONOR AND THE PRIME OF LIFE / THIS BRAVE AND ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN, REGRETTED AND LAMENTED / BY ALL WHO KNEW THE EXCELLENT QUALITIES OF HIS HEART AND MIND, / AND BY NONE MORE TRULY THAN HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS. / HIS TWO SURVIVING BROTHERS HAVE CAUSED THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED, / AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO DEPARTED WORTH, / AND A MOURNFUL TESTIMONY OF THEIR FRATERNAL AFFECTION.

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Church Platt, Cuckfield

RH17 5JZ

Set on the wall in the corner at the eastern end of the south aisle of the church.

Artist or maker

John Bacon II

1777–1859

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