Thursday, 20 May 2021

The Harpur Monument Busts at Calke. Some Monuments by Henry Cheere.


 Sir John and Lady Catherine Harpur.

St Giles Church, Calke, Derbyshire.

By Sir Henry Cheere (1703-1781).

c. 1741 - 46.

The monument cost £200.

With the distinctive use of coloured marble favoured by Cheere.

The curved brackets are another frequent Cheere motif.

I suspect that the busts were subcontracted - perhaps to Roubiliac.











 

This church is the nave of the medieval church that until its first restoration in the 1570s had a chancel, tower and spire. It was rebuilt in 1827-29 by Sir George Crewe who restored the church adding new windows, building a tower and casing the entire exterior in stone.

 St Giles was the parish church of Calke from 1160 until 1834. It is now a private manorial chapel, owned by the National Trust. It sits inside the park of Calke Abbey.

see also -

https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/292768


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Monument to Bishop Robert Butts.

Ely Cathedral. 

1748.

Henry Cheere.









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Monument to Jane Molesworth 

Egloshayle Church, Wadebridge, Cornwall.

Henry Cheere.




























Images above from  Around Britain website -

https://seearoundbritain.com/venues/egloshayle-church-wadebridge-cornwall/pictures

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