Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast group
District
City Of London
Town
City of London
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Maker
MR JOHN BACON, JNR (Sculptor)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11680

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Current location

St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Churchyard
City of London
City Of London
Greater London
EC4M 8AD
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 32025 81148
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
In the Crypt, Nelson Chamber west bay, a sculpted marble wall monument with a medallion portrait on a sarcophagus flanked by two life-size figures and a lion. In the centre, a medallion portrait of a man, facing left, is set in a sarcophagus with lions' feet and draped with an oak trail, standing on a plain podium with the memorial inscription. On the left a female allegorical figure (Britannia) wearing a plumed helmet arranges the wreath with her left hand, her right resting on a shield. To the left is a seated mournful lion and on the right a young midshipman with naked torso kneeling before the podium and holding a banner on a mast. The figures stand on a narrow naturalistic base.
Inscription
ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN GEORGE DUFF, / WHO WAS KILLED THE XXIST. OF OCTR. / MDCCCV / COMMANDING THE MARS, / IN THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, / IN THE FORTY-SECOND YEAR OF HIS AGE / AND THE TWENTY-NINTH OF HIS SERVICE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Duff, George
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Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 260mm, height 3960mm, width 2980mm
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Memorial: £1,575

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Corporate
Reference
  • ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL by BURMAN, PETER P 147 Source: Image Library NIWM
  • DICTIONARY OF BRITISH SCULPTORS 1660 - 1851 by GUNNIS, RUPERT P 28 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:MURRAYS SALES AND SERVICE CO. 1968 LONDON
  • St Paul's Cathedral Inventory Inv no. 2392

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