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Memorials

Wall Tablet - John and Charles White

Catalogue ID: 18
NADFAS ID: 1018

Description

Rectangular white marble tablet with lettering in Roman Caps.

Inscription and donor(s)

TO THE MEMORY OF/THE INFANT SONS OF/CAPTN: CHAS. WHITE OF THE NAVY,/AND SOPHIA HIS WIFE,/INTER'D IN THE FAMILY VAULT/OF MR HEWITT OF THIS TOWN./SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME,/AND FORBID THEM NOT,/FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD./JOHN WHITE OBIT FEBY: 16TH: 1797/AGED ONE MONTH./CHARLES WHITE OBIT FEBY: 14TH: 1800/AGED FOUR YEARS THREE MONTHS/AND FOURTEEN DAYS./BRIGHTER SCENES WE SEEK ABOVE,/IN THE REALMS OF PEACE AND LOVE.

Subjects

Forename(s) Family name Dates
John White 1797
Charles White 1800

Physical attributes & manufacture

Date of manufacture
1800
Dimension Value Notes
Height 850mm
Width 850mm
Depth 30mm

Location

Choir aisle S. wall S.

Condition

2020
  1. Generally quite dirty
  2. Possibly some coatings have discoloured
  3. Fixings look more recently renewed

Conservation Suggestions:

  1. Clean (investigate to remove coatings)

References

NADFAS (1986); Andy Gomersall, Condition Report (2020)

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