The Spencer Cowper Monument
Louis Francois Roubiliac.
St Mary's Church
Hertingfordbury, Herts.
Spencer Cowper (1669-1728), of Hertingfordbury Park,
Herts.; Lincoln’s Inn; and Bridge House, St. Olave’s, Southwark.
Spencer Cowper d.1727, Judge of the Pleas, the memorial is in a window embrasure on north wall of the church, a black marble cartouche with inscription, above
a scrolled and pedimented surround in black marble, with a relief of Cowper in
judge's robes, seated between the figures of Wisdom and Justice, carved 1752 by
Roubiliac.
For an excellent short biography of Spencer Cowper see -
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/cowper-spencer-1669-1728
All photographs taken by the author.
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Duncan Forbes
Louis Francois Roubiliac
put up in 1752
Parliament House Edinburgh
Included here because of the similarity of the pose
Photographs Courtesey Courtauld
see - https://www.clan-forbes.org/duncan-forbes
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Louis Francois Roubiliac
put up in 1752
Parliament House Edinburgh
Included here because of the similarity of the pose
Photographs Courtesey Courtauld
see - https://www.clan-forbes.org/duncan-forbes
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Photograph courtesy Kim Traynor
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