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Percey Bysshe Shelley joined University College in 1810. He was expelled after he published a pamphlet supporting atheism. The monument, which commemorated the centenary of the birth of the poet, was originally intended for the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. The figure of the drowned poet is represented lying, with long haired head fallen back, on his left side, with right arm over his left.

University College, University of Oxford

Oxford

Title

The Shelley Memorial

Date

1892

Medium

marble

Accession number

Art17

Work type

Monument

Signature/marks description

signed and dated: Onslow Ford, 1892

Inscription description

inscribed: Shelley, In darkness and in light is made one with Nature, there is heard his Voice in all her Music from the Moan if Thunder to the Song of Night's Sweet bird. He is a presence to be felt and known.

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