Saturday, 16 March 2019

St Mary's Church, Wanstead, Essex. Part 2. Monument to George Bowles by Francis Chantrey 1817




Monument to George Bowles of Wanstead Grove (c. 1732 -1817).

Marble

1817 - 20.

by Sir Francis Leggat Chantrey (1781 - 1841). 

in the North Gallery

St Mary's Church, Wanstead, Essex.


A few notes and images.













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Image of clipping above from:



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George Bowles was the patron of Angelica Kauffman and eventually owned over fifty of her works, including Self-portrait in the Character of Painting embraced by Poetry (1782; Kenwood) and a group that were exhibited at the RA in 1786 (see Roworth, p. 91), and Self-portrait in the Character of Design (1787), a gift from the artist.



Info above from the British Museum.

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The Honourable Anne Rushout (c. 1766–1849) inherited Wanstead Grove in 1817 when she was about 50 years old. It was previously owned by her uncle, George Bowles (c. 1732–1817), who had inherited the house and other property when his father, Humphry, died in 1784.


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