3-016-822 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Monument to the late Archbishop Musgrave in York Minster, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. John Draffin. 'The sculptor is Mr. Noble. This structure consists of a base of carved Caen stone, surmounted with a recumbent figure of the late Archbishop in Carrara marble. The stonework, which is 8 ft. 10 in. by 3 ft. 6 in., is surrounded with sixteen columns of alabaster, between each of which are shields bearing the arms of the see of York and the family of the late Archbishop, surmounted by the mitre. The heads of the columns are elaborately carved in the floriated style, representing the honeysuckle, ivy, thorn-leaf, and vine. The thorn-leaf carving is also inserted round a projecting moulding, which supports the figure. Each corner of the base is also carved with a flowing leaf, and the angle of the cusps in the quatrefoils is also similarly carved. The figure, which is 7 ft. 6 in. long, is represented as reclining on its back upon a mattress in tinted marble, the head and upper part of the shoulders resting upon a cushion, at each of the four corners of which hangs a tassel. The Bible, pressed with both hands, lies upon the breast of the deceased Archbishop, who is attired in the full canonical costume of his office'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.