Signed Church Monuments in Kent
by Rupert Gunnis
A useful little directory
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Monument to Lord Brome.
Edward Hodges Baily, R.A. 1788-1867.
St Nicholas Church, Linton, Kent
Rupert Gunnis says:
"Kent is fortunate in possessing one of this sculptor's most
beautiful works. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the figure of Lord Brome (d. 1835) at Linton is Baily's monumental
master piece. It can, in its way, bear comparison with the superb
figure of Guidarello Guklarelli at Ravenna. The youthful figure of
Lord Brome lies on a couch, his eyes just closed in death. The
monument is simple and untheatrical, and as one looks at it, one
understands the calm and peace and repose of death.
Baily's Lady
Cornwallis in the same Church, also a semi-recumbent, full-length
figure is not so successful".
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