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Title
Tomb of John Jackson
Date
1845
Medium
Portland stone
Measurements
H 366 x W 152 x D 362 cm
Accession number
SW10_JR_S017
Acquisition method
paid for by John Jackson's friends and admirers
Work type
Tomb or mausoleum
Owner
Jackson family
Custodian
Brompton Cemetery
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
07/11/84
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Cemetery opening times.
Inscription description
on block at the front: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN JACKSON, / BORN 28 SEPTEMBER 1769. DIED 7TH OCTOBER 1845. / / ALSO ELIZABETH, HIS BELOVED / AND DEVOTED NIECE AND ADOPTED DAUGHTER, / BORN 2ND JANAUARY 1804. DIED 16TH DECEMBER 1882. / IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED / “THANKS BE TO GOD, WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY / THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.” LUKE XV / WE HAVE SOUGHT HIM, AND HE HATH GIVEN US REST / 2. CHRON. XIV. 7.; righthand face of tomb, framing medallion portrait of Jackson (now illegible): (a); to the left: HERE LIE THE / REMAINS OF / JOHN JACKSON (b); to the right: Born, Sept. 28, / 1709, / Died, Oct. 7, 1845. (c); beneath: HIC VICTOR CÆSTUS / ARTEMQUE REPONO; left-hand face of tomb (now illegible): “STAY, TRAVELLER,” THE ROMAN RECORDS SAID, / TO MARK THE CLASSIC DUST BENEATH IT LAID:– / “STAY, TRAVELLER,” THIS BRIEF MEMORIAL CRIES, / AND READ THE RECORD WITH ATTENTIVE EYES. / HAST THOU A LION’S HEART, A GIANT’S STRENGTH? / EXULT NOT, FOR THESE GIFTS MUST YIELD AT LENGTH. / DO HEALTH AND SYMMETRY ADORN THY FRAME? / THE MOULDERING BONES BELOW POSSESSED THE SAME. / DOES LOVE, DOES FRIENDSHIP EVERY STEP ATTEND? / THIS MAN NE’ER MADE A FOE, NE’ER LOST A FRIEND. / BUT DEATH TOO SOON DISSOLVES ALL HUMAN TIES, / AND, HIS LAST COMBAT O’ER, HERE JACKSON LIES. / / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE SUBSCRIPTIONS / OF SEVERAL NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN, / TO RECORD THEIR ADMIRATION OF ONE / WHOSE EXCELLENCE OF HEART AND INCORRUPTIBLE WORDS / ENDEARED HIM TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
Brompton Cemetery, Chelsea
SW10 9UG
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