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- Title:
Memorial to Francis Musters
- Former Title(s):
Lysons: The Environs of London: Memorial to Francis Musters
- Part Of:
- Date:
- between 1796 and 1811
- Medium:
- Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 3/4 inches (36.8 × 27.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "Hornsey Vol VIII page 53"; upper right: "154"; in graphite, lower left: "Francis Musters page 52."; inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "6"
"IN MEMORY OF FRANCIS MVSTERS YE ONELY CHILD OF SR; JOHN MVSTERS KNT: | BY HIS THIRD WIFE LANE YE ELDEST DAVGHTER OF SR: FRANCIS BASSETT KNT | HEE WAS BORN YE FIRST DAY OF MAY 1664 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE | SIXTEENTH DAY OF APRILL 1680: AND LIES BVRIED NEAR THIS MONVMENT, | Such was his plsture when impartial death | Gave him the summon to fefigne his breath | But knew his prayers are Hallelujahs grown | Then weep net Reader nor his death bemoan | Why should the lining sorrow for the dead | When everlasting Glory Crowns the Head."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.20382
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | church | memorial
- Associated Places:
- England | Greater London | London | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:16900
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