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Plaque to Charles Hughes (d1734).
The tomb of Galileo Galilei (d1642) at Santa Croce in Florence was erected in 1737. It was designed by Giulio Foggini and contains a bust of Galileo Galilei (by Giovanni Battista Foggini), and figures representing Astronomy (by Vincenzo Foggini), and Geometry (by Girolamo Ticciati).
This dramatic plaster wall monument, dated 1769, commemorates Thomas Langton Freke and is mounted at Kings Sutton, though not in its original position. The work has been attributed to John Bacon, but its style is more convincingly aligned with the Baroque sculptural tradition associated with Louis-François Roubiliac.
This memorial to Sir Thomas Street (d1696) is the work of the sculptor Joseph Wilton a founding member of the Royal Academy, and was made around 1774.
This monument by John Flaxman is to Sarah Morley (d1784) who died a few days after giving birth whilst travelling back to England from India. Both Sarah and her child were buried at sea.
