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A detail of the bust of Humphry Smith, sculpted by Charles Stanley and part of a wider monument designed by John Sanderson. Photographed in black and white.
A wider shot of the memorial (although the upper part of the reredos has been cropped out because I couldn't get a wide enough view). Smith's bust is in a cartouche with a disinterested putto who looks like he is selling something stood to the left and a large rush or reed curling round to the right, above a pot with (carved) water pouring out. This all sits on a mantle supported by two scrolled corbels with scalloped decoration, either side of a tablet inscribed: That the Memory of an Honest and Well Deserving Man may be Committed to Posterity. This Monument was Designed and Erected by John Sanderson of London Architect; as a Grateful Acknowledgement of Services done Him by HUMPHRY SMITH Esqr Who Departed this Life the 27th day of March 1743 in the 72 Year of His age. A Man who in every Station of His Life Acquitted Himself with Honour, Integrity and an Upright Mind. Of a Competent Knowledge in the Most Useful Arts and Sciences but most Eminent for His Superior Abilities in draining Fenny and Marsh Lands Witness His Performances in Thorny Level in the Isle of Ely and Deeping Fens in Lincolnshire, in which places His Memory will be dear to all Generous Minds
This is Humphry Smith, a man who in every station of life acquitted himself with honour.
He was most eminent for his Superior Abilities in draining Fenny and Marsh Lands...
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Charles “Tex” Smutney and Charles “Buddy” Stanley by George Platt Lynes
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Charles “Tex” Smutney and Charles “Buddy” Stanley by George Platt Lynes
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