Comfort in Affliction: Blessed are they that mourn. Monument to Mary Blackshaw Mary Blackshaw (Whinney & Gunnis)
Production Date
circa 1798 to circa 1799
Object Category
Sculpture
Description
Lunette-shaped panel containing, in high relief, a female figure lying prostrate towards the right over a low tomb, while an angel floats over her towards the left and points upward with her right hand (W&G 33). Model for a monument at St. Mary's, Lewisham, to Mary Blackshaw (1771-97), eldest daughter of William Lushington, MP for London 1795-1802.
