The floor slab to Lady Harrington in St Mary’s Church, Gayton, is a fine example of 17th-century commemorative stonework, combining formal design with a strikingly personal tone. Carved from smooth local limestone, its simple border and restrained scrollwork at either end frame an inscription notable for both its clarity and warmth.
Bust of Bishop John Gaugen (d1662), Worcester Cathedral. John Gaugen was made Bishop of Worcester in May 1662 but died in September 1662 of "stone and strangury" - a complication of kidney stones.
This "Doom" painting in St Mary's Warwick, is copy (1678), by Richard Bird, of Michelangelo's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. The left hand side of the work has been restored but the right hand side left unrestored at present.
Semi reclining effigy of Bishop Peter Gunning (d1684).
Memorial brass to Frances Benyon wife of parish minister (d1687).
An inscribed wall monument of white marble with black Ionic half-columns, surmounted by a sculpted bust and heraldic cartouche, commemorating Elizabeth Orme, who died on 20 January 1692. The monument combines classical architectural framing with emotive figurative carving, including a cherub’s head beneath the cornice, and belongs firmly to the late 17th-century English commemorative tradition.
18th-century wall monuments (c. 1701–1800) dominate church commemoration. Marble tablets and architectural compositions combine inscription, classical ornament, and allegorical imagery to celebrate character, benevolence, and domestic virtue within a Protestant moral framework.
Church brasses, tomb chests, effigies, and sculpture from 1700 - 1800 AD.
18th-century brasses (c. 1701–1800) are rare survivals of an earlier commemorative tradition. When used, they are typically modest and inscriptional, reflecting Enlightenment restraint and the declining role of figurative imagery in Protestant memorial culture.
18th-century tombs (c. 1701–1800) are comparatively uncommon and generally restrained in form. When present, they emphasize classical proportion, lineage, and moral virtue rather than effigial display, reflecting Enlightenment ideals of reason and decorum.
Brass monument to Moses Macham (d1712).
This marble monument to Judge John Powell (d1714) is by Thomas Green of Camberwell. John Powell presided over the trial of Jane Wenham, one of the last people convicted of witchcraft in England.
White marble monument to Thomas Deacon (d1721) and wife.
Architectural monument to commemorate members of the Benson family c1730. Probably by Smith of Warwick ⓘ.
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 tomb dedicated to Francesco Algarotti (d1764), in the Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa, was designed by Mauro Antonio Tesi ⓘ. It was erect on the instructions of Frederick the Great of Prussia.
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 bust of Bishop of Worcester James Johnson (d1774), is by Joseph Nollekens ⓘ.
