- Title:
- Memorial to Thomas and Elizabeth Moore and their daughter Elizabeth, from Chiselhurst Church
- Former Title(s):
- The Environs of London: Memorial to Thomas and Elizabeth Moore and their daughter Elizabeth, from Chiselhurst Church
- Part Of:
- Date:
- between 1796 and 1811
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (35.9 × 27.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "West Wickham Vol XVII page 553"; upper right: "331"; in graphite, lower right: <...>
Lettered inside image in pen and black ink, center right: "In a Vault | On the South side of the Church Yard | lieth the Body of the late Reverend | Thomas Moore DD | Fifty years Rector of this Church | He was collated to it July 25th 1719 | And rebuilt the Parsonage House | in the year 1735. | He was also appointed Minister | of St. Botolph's without Aldersgate | in London, May 7th 1722 | He was a conscientious and | Virtuous Christian, | An able and faithful Clergyman | A tender and affectionate Relation | And a just and upright Man | He was born Septr. 9th 1689. | And died July 19th 1769."; center right: "In the same Grave | And in the same Hope | of a blessed Eternity | Rest also the Remains of his Wife | Elizabeth | with whom he lived thirty five Years, | In the most entire concurrence | of Sentiment and Affection. | She was | In her general conduct irreproachable | In many parts of it, exemplary: | In conjugal and parental Regards | Invaluable. | She departed this Life Novr. 23rd. 1776 | In the 65th Year of her Age. | Having just two months survived | Her eldest Daughter Elizabeth. | Her inseparable Companion and a constant Imitator | of her Virtues | who died Septr. 22nd. 1776. Aged 39. | And lies buried in the same Vault | with her Parents."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.20547
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | church | memorial
- Associated Places:
- Bromley | Chislehurst | England | Greater London | London | St. Nicholas' Church | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18013
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Daniel Lysons, 1762–1834, British, Memorial to Thomas and Elizabeth Moore and their daughter Elizabeth, from Chiselhurst Church, between 1796 and 1811
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