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English Heritage, Audley End House
Saffron Walden
Title
Monument to Charles (1738–1805), 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Date
1807
Medium
painted plaster
Measurements
H 249 x W 167 x D 66 cm
Accession number
81030481
Work type
Monument
Inscription description
painted on right: THIS ORIGINAL MODEL / OF THE MONUMENT /ERECTED IN ST PAULS CATHEDRAL / WAS PRESENTED TO LORD BRAYBROOKE / BY LADY MARY SINGLETON Front: TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES MARQUIS CORNWALLIS / GOVERNOR GENERAL OF BENGAL / WHO DIED 5TH OCTR 1805 AGED 66 AT GHAZEEPORE IN THE PROVINCE OF BENARES / IN HIS PROGRESS TO ASSUME THE COMMAND OF THE ARMY IN THIS FIELD / THIS MONUMENT /IS ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE / IN TESTIMONY OF HIS HIGH AND DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC CHARACTER / HIS LONG AND EMINENT SERVICES BOTH AS A SOLDIER AND A STATESMAN / AND THE UNWEARIED ZEAL WITH WHICH HIS EXERTIONS WERE EMPLOYED / IN THE LAST MOMENT OF HIS LIFE / TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS AND HONOUR OF HIS COUNTRY Painted on left: CHAS ROSSI. R.A. / SCULPTOR
English Heritage, Audley End House
Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 4JF England
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