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THE SCULPTORS ASSOCIATED WITH

FLORENCE'S 'ENGLISH' CEMETERY
 

We invite the gentle readers of this forthcoming essay to participate in its construction by sending us entries on these sculptors. We now have the Belle Arti records, giving the sculptors of the tombs, which aid greatly in this research.

MICHELE AUTERI POMAR || LORENZO BARTOLINI || PIETRO BAZZANTI || R. BENCINI || GIUSEPPE  BONDI AND I. BONDI || JOHAN NIKLAS BYSTROM || EMMANUELE CARONI || ARISTODEMO COSTOLI || ODOARDO FANTACCHIOTTI || FELICIE DE FAUVEAU || PIETRO GAVAZZI/ S. PUCCI || FRANCESCO GIOVANNOZZI || LORENZO GORI || JOEL TANNER HART || WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT || FRANCESCO JERACE || FYODOR FYODOROVICH KAMENSKY || GIUSEPPE LAZZERINI || FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON || FRANCESCO MATTEI || HIRAM POWERS || PRESTON POWERS || FRANCESCO POZZI || JOHN RODDAM SPENCER STANHOPE || LAUNT THOMPSON || ALESSANDRO TOMBA || ETTORE XIMENES || EMILIO ZOCCHI

Our sculptors are Italian, Swedish, French, Russian, English and American

 

Key to Codes Used in Alphabetical Register:
^=needing to be photographed; * =register and tomb checked against each other; ° =living descendants, relatives, researchers; § =further documentation in cemetery archives;/ BOLD CAPS =FIRST NAME, (MAIDEN NAME), SURNAME/ =COUNTRY/COUNTRIES/;/normal type=1877 alphabetical register entry ending with tomb number, written in Italian/ 1844-1871/; additional information from 'Eglise Evangelique-Reformé de Florence Régistre des Morts', 2 vols, written in French/;  /  /=additional information, including codes GL=London Guildhall Library, PRO=Public Record Office, FO=Foreign Office, kindly supplied by Anthony Webb researching the English in Tuscany; Maquay Diaries=John Leland Maquay, Jr, Diaries, information kindly supplied by Alyson Price, Archivist, Harold Acton Library, Florence; Talalay=Michail Talalay, 'Tombe dei Russi nel Cimitero detto "degli Inglesi"', con l'assistenza di Gino Chelazzi, RC in Talalay=Registro del Cimitero, St Petersburg MKF in Talalay=Metrickesie Knigi Florencii, Libri parrochiali di Firenze, Chiesa Ortodossa; DND, NDNB, Dictionary of National Biography, New Dictionary of National Biography; Freeman=James A. Freeman, 'The Protestant Cemetery in Florence and Anglo-American Attitudes toward Italy, Marker 10 (1993), 219-243; Henderson=Philip Henderson, Lucca, has further information concerning family backgrounds/ [ ]=description of tomb]; BOLD (CAPS EXCEPT WHERE INSCRIPTION USES lowercase)=INSCRIPTION ON TOMB/; A1A, etc. coordinates indicating tomb position in cemetery/ tomb sculptor, signature of sculptor on tomb



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MICHELE AUTERI POMAR  (1838-1918), SICILIAN

Mrs Walter Savage Landor on the tomb of their son, Arnold Savage Landor (1873)


ARNOLD SAVAGE LANDOR/ ENGLAND / Landor/ Arnold/ [Savage]/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 6 Aprile/ 1871/ Anni 52/ 1127/ Arnault Landor, l'Angleterre/ Freeman incorrectly identifies as Fanny Trollope, 237-239/ NDNB entry for father, Walter Savage Landor/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ARNOLD SAVAGE LANDOR ESQ./ BORN 5TH OF MARCH 1818/ DIED 2nd OF APRIL 1871/ [Sculpted figure of grieving mother, back turned to and farthest from Republican father's tomb, the coat of arms and the crest of a 'savage']/ A4T(69)/ Sculptor, Michele Auteri Pomàr; Signature (repeated): M. AUTERI POMAR 1873

        

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LORENZO BARTOLINI (1777-1850), ITALIAN

Two tombs of the Kleiber/Hall family were executed by Lorenzo Bartolini.

^*§ ALFRED CHARLES HALL/ ENGLAND/ Hall/ Alfredo Carlo/ Tommaso/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 16 Settembre/ 1877/ Anni 67/ 1406/ GL23777/1 N° 516 Burial 18/09, Rev Tottenham; Marriage GL23774 N° 24 16/03/42 Alfred Hall to Mary Eliza Matthews at HGM (Holland), groom son of late Thomas Hall, chaplain at Leghorn, bride d of Capt JR Matthews formerly HBM's Consul Gen at Lisbon, Rev Tennant; Webb has baptisms and marriages of children/IN MEMORY OF/ ALFRED CHARLES HALL/ OF CAMERATA/ SON OF THE REV. THOMAS HALL/ BORN 2ND JUNE 1810 DIED 16TH SEPBRE 1877/ ERECTED BY HIS SORROWING FAMILY/ 1406// AND THE WORK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE PEACE/ AND THE EFFECT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS QUIETNESS/ ASSURANCE FOR . . . / LA MORTE DEI SANTI DEL IGNOTE PREZIOSE AL SUO COSPETTO/ . . ./ C27N/ Sculptor, Lorenzo Bartolini. See Kleiber

^* SEBASTIANO KLEIBER/ GERMANIA/ Kleiber/ Sebastiano/ / Germania/ Firenze/ 22 Gennaio/ 1836/ Anni 64/ 132/ SEBASTIANO KLEIBER/ CHE ANTEPOSE AD OGNI AMBIZIONE/ L'ONOR DI LODATISSIMO COMMERCIANTE/ FU PRONTO AD OGNI BEN PUBBLICO/ E NEI PRIVATI BENEFIZI AMO IL SECRETO/ MORI DA QUASI LXIII/ DESIDERATO CON LAGRIME/ DALLE DUE SORELLE AMANTISSIME/ E DAI TRE NIPOTI EREDI/ CHE GLI FECERO IL MONUMENTO/ MDCCCXXXVI/ C26N/ Sculptor: Lorenzo Bartolini, Signature: BARTOLINI INVENTO E F.



While another tomb copies his work, 'La fiducia in Dio': 

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 1869 copy                                                    1834, Milano, Museo Poldi Pezzoli

* BIANCA BALDELLI/ ITALIA/ 61. Baldelli/ Bianca/ Antonio/ Italia/ Firenze/ 10 Luglio/ 1869/ Anni 16/ 1056/ Bianca Baldelli, Florence, fille de Comte Antoine Baldelli/ [Clothed copy in marble (1869) of Lorenzo Bartolini's nude 'La Fiducia in Dio' (1834)]/ ALLA DILETTA BIANCA/ NATA IL 19 FEBRAIO 1852/ A LORO TOLTO NEL DI 10 LUGLIO 1869/ POSERO DESOLATI GENITORI/ ANTONIO E GELTRUDE [Walker] BALDELLI//. . . // SE OGNI DOLCE COSA/ M'INGANNA E AL TEMPO CHE SPERAI SERENO/ FUGGIR ME SENTO LA VITA AFFANOSA/ SIGNOR FIDANDO AL TUO PATERNO SENO/ L'ANIMA MIA RICORRE E SI RIPOSA/ IN UN AFFETTO QUE NON E TERRENO// [Cross]/ A9O(114)/ See Walker

http://www.scultura-italiana.com/Biografie/Bartolini.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Bartolini

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PIETRO BAZZANTI
(1825-1895), ITALIAN


Pietro Bazzanti and his brother were not so much sculptors as artigianal workers in marble and pietra serena, observing classic topoi. His tombs are of classical sarcophagi, 'cinerary' urns upon columns, broken columns (to signify a life cut unnaturally short), while also using Egyptian motives, winged globes, butterflies, and the ourobouros.

Central commemorative column with cross, celebrative monument to patron of Swiss owned, so-called 'English' Cemetery, was designed and erected by Pietro Bazzanti. Inscription: FREDERIC GUILLAUME/ ROI DE PRUSSE/ MDCCCLVIII/ JE SUIS LA RESURRECTION ET LA VIE/ CELUI QUI CROIT EN MOI VIVRA/ QUAND MEME IT SEROIT MORT/ ST JEAN XI.25./ Cross is modeled on that by Florence's Baptistery ('Albero di San Zanobi'), with lilies and roses adorning it.

^*§ CAROLINE CATHERINE LETITIA (ST LEGER) ALCOCK/ IRELAND 16. Alcock nata St Leger/ Carolina Caterina Letizia/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 1 Febbraio/1840/ / 190/ GL23774 N° 1 Burial 03/02 Rev. Tennant/ Henderson/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE HONORABLE/ CAROLINE CATHERINE LETITIA ALCOCK/ WIFE OF LT COLONEL THOS ALCOCK/ AND SISTER OF THE LATE HAYES ST LEGER/ VISCOUNT DONERAIL OF DONERAIL IRELAND/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 1ST OF/ FEBRUARY 1840 AGED 66/ 190/ C28O/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

* FERDINAND GUSTAV ADOLF VON BERG/ GERMANIA/ 111. Berg (De)/ Adolfo/ / Germania/ Firenze/ 22 Maggio/ 1854/ Anni 25/ 539/ Adolphe de Berg, Berlin, Royaume de Prusse, Lieutenant dans les gardes de S.M. le Roi de Prusses, fils de general de Berg, commandant la septième brigade de cavalerie Prussienne/ [inscription in fraktura]/ HIER RUHT IN GOTT/ FERDINAND GUSTAV/ ADOLF VON BERG/ SECONDE LIEUTENANT/ IM  KONIGLICH PREUSSISCHEN/ 1 TEN GARDE REGIMENT/ ZU FUSS/ GEBOREN ZU BERLIN/ AM 19 EN JANUAR 1829/ GESTORBEN ZU FLORENZ/ AM 22 TEN MAI 1854/ E13H/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F


JAMES BOURNE/ ENGLAND / 174. Bourne o Bowrne/ Giacomo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 24 Luglio/ 1835/ Anni 53/ 117/ [GL 23773/4 N° 37, Burial, entered, Horace Hall, Church Treasurer]/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES BOURNE ESQ/ OF HEATHFIELD HOUSE/ NEAR LIVERPOOL WHO DIED AT FLORENCE/ ON THE 24TH JULY 1836/ AGED 53 YEARS/ 117/ / E18E/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F


LADY HENRIETTA BOWYER/ ENGLAND/ 176. Bowyer/ Enrichetta/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 16 Novembre/ 1845/ Anni 92/ 323/ GL23774 N° 87 Dowager Lady Bowyer, d. Sir George Bowyer, Bart, Death 15-11, Burial 18-11 Rev Robbins/ Henderson/ HENRIETTA/ WIDOW OF ADMIRAL GEORGE BOWER Bt/ DECEASED NOV XV/ MDCCCXIV/ B18P/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F


^*§ REBECCA BROOM/ ENGLAND / Broom[later, pencil ?]/ Rebecca/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 2 Aprile/ 1840/ Anni 57/ 196/ GL 23774 N° 5: of Kidderminster, Burial 04-04, Rev. Tennant/ TO THE MEMORY OF REBECCA BROOM/ WIDOW OF HERBERT BROOM ESQ/ OF THE COUNTY OF WORCESTERSHIRE/ WHO DIED AT FLORENCE/ APRIL THE 2 1879 AGED 57/ THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY HER AFFECTIONATE CHILDREN/ F4E/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

^*§ EMILY CHARTERS/ ENGLAND/ Charters/ Emilia/ / Inghilterra/ Pistoia/ 7 Gennaio/ 1855/ Anni 44/ 559/ Emilie, femme de Samuel Charters, Major au service de S.M. Brittanique, Iles Britaniques/ GL 23777/1 N°210, gives name as Amelia, Burial 11/01, Rev O'Neill/ SACRED TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ EMILY THE BELOVED WIFE OF/ MAJOR SAMUEL CHARTERS/ H.P.R. BRITISH ARTILLERY/ WHO DIED IN/ PISTOIA ON THE/ 7 JANUARY 1855 AGED 41/ THE QUALITIES OF/ HER HEART/ AND THE POWER/ OF HER INTELLECT/ ENDEARED/ HER TO TO HER FRIENDS/ AND THOSE/ WHO KNEW HER BEST/ LOVED HER MOST/ B18P/  Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

^*§ MARIA CHICHESTER/ ENGLAND/ Chichester/ Madama [Maria]/ / Inghilterra/ Livorno/ 20 Luglio/ 1840/ / 204/ [GL 23774 N° 8: "died suddenly at Leghorn", Burial 22/07, Rev. Tennant]/ Maquay Diaries: 15 Jul 1840, 20 Jul., 22 Jul. / Henderson/ BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF/ MARIA WIFE OF CAPT GEORGE CHICHESTER/ OF ARLINGTON DEVON/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT LEGHORN ON JULY 14 1840 AGED 24/ CUSTOM PRESCRIBES A MONUMENT AND WHATSOEVER/ IS DECOROUS BECOMES THEE AND SHOULD BE, ELSE MEMORY WILL NEED NO ARTIFICIAL AID FOR AS WIFE MOTHER OR A FRIEND THOU LIVEST IN ALL OUR HEARTS AND SHALL LIVE STILL/ A7R(101) / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti/ Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F.

^*§ FANNY CREWE/ ENGLAND/ Crewe/ Fanny/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 13 Novembre/ 1846/ Anni 56/ 347/ [Urn with drapery on column]/ GL 23774 N° 101: Burial 15-11, widow of Capt Crewe of East India Company, Age 54, Rev Robbins/ SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ FANNY RELICT OF THE LATE/ COL RICHARD CREWE/ OF THE MADRAS ARMY/ WHO DIED AT FLORENCE NOV 15TH 1846/ WEEP NOT SHE IS NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPETH/ A6R(73) /Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

*°§ ADELAIDE DELISSER/ ENGLAND/ Delisser/ Adelaide/ / Inghilterra/ [died 18 July 1845, 1 Devonshire Street, St Marylebone]]/16 Maggio/ 1846/[14] / 333/ GL 23774 N° 67/ °=Jenny MacKay, Western Australia/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ ADELAIDE DELISSER/ WHO DIED JULY 18 1845/ AGED 13 YEARS/ E18G/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti
*°§ ALEXANDER DELISSER/ ENGLAND/ Delisser/ Alessandro/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 4 Maggio/ 1844/ Anni 50/ 286/ GL 23774 N° 67: The bodies of a son and a daughter of the above Dr Delisser were brought from London and interred in the Protestant Burial Ground at Florence in the beginning of 1846 - no service was performed, G. Robbins/ Maquay Diaries: 8 May 1844/ °=Jenny MacKay, Western Australia/  [garlanded urn, column, ruined temple, cross, ourobouros, cross] SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ DR DELISSER/ DIED AT FLORENCE MAY THE 4 1844 AGED 48 YEARS/ E18G/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti

*°§ ELLIS WILLIAM DELISSER/ ENGLAND/ Delisser/ Ellis Guglielmo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 13 Marzo/ 1846/[19] / 332/ Death 14 July 1845, 1 Devonshire Street, St Marylebone; GL23774 N° 67, 'The bodies of a son and a daughter of the above Dr Delisser were brought from London and interred in the Protestant Burial Ground at Florence in the beginning of 1846 - no service was performed, G. Robbins'/ Death Certificates of Delissers supplied by way of Australia/ °=Jenny MacKay, Western Australia/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ ELLIS WILLIAM DELISSER/ WHO DIED JULY 14 1845 AGED 19 YEARS/ E18G/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti

^*§ MARY (STONEHOUSE SMITH) DELLA MAGGIORE/ ENGLAND/ Della Maggiore/ Maria/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 29 Settembre/ 1836/ / 142/ GL 23773/4 N° 53, Rev Knapp; Marriage FO79/61 30/12/30 Angelo Della Maggiore to Maria Smith at HBM (Bligh), groom described as native of England, Rev Apthorp/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ MARIA STONEHOUSE SMITH/ WIFE OF/ ANGELO DELLA MAGGIORE/ WHO DIED IN FLORENCE/ 29 SEPTEMBER 1836/ THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED/ BY HER TRULY AFFECTIONATE AND AFFLICTED HUSBAND/ P.BAZZANTI.F./ A9T(129) / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

^*§ ANTHONY DENNY/ ENGLAND/ Denny/ Antonio/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 19 Ottobre/ 1843/ Anni 56/ 272/ GL 23774 N° 56: Barham Woods Herts, 4th son of Rev Maynard Denny Co Kerry, Age 55, Burial 22-10, Rev Robbins/ Henderson/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ ANTHONY DENNY ESQ OF BARNHAM WOOD/ IN THE COUNTY OF HERTS FOURTH SON OF THE/ REVD MAYNARD DENNY IN THE COUNTY OF KERRY/ IRELAND AND SON-IN-LAW TO THE LATE/ ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD OF HEATHPOOL/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT FLORENCE/ ON THE 19TH OF OCTOBER 1843 IN THE 56TH YEAR OF HIS LIFE/ DEEPLY REGRETTED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS/ THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY/ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD/ E14E / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

^*§ LIEUTENANT FREDERIC DICKONSON/ ENGLAND/ Dickonson/ Federico/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 3 Maggio/ 1833/ Anni 45/ 74/ [marginal note]/ GL 23773/4 N° 5, Burial 05/05, Rev Hutton/ Henderson/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT FREDERIC DICKONSON/ OF THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY/ SECOND SON OF THE LATE/ THOMAS LACY DICKONSON ESQ OF/ WEST RETFORD HALL IN THE COUNTY OF/ NOTTINGHAM WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ ON THE 3 OF MAY 1833 AGED 48 YEARS/ D24I / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

^*§ THOMAS WALTER DILLON/ IRELAND/ Dillon/ Tommaso/ / Inghilterra/ Seravezza/ 18 Settembre/ 1835/ / 125/ GL 23773/4 N° 42: son of Thomas Dillon, Cork, Burial 24-9, Rev Hutchinson; Marriage, GL20990 N° 15 79/67 17/07/32 Thomas Walker Dillon to Emma Frances Hutchinson at HBM, Rev Harvey/ Column with Urn./ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS WALTER DILLON ESQ/ WHO DIED AT HIS VILLA AT SERAVEZZA/ ON THE 18TH OF SEPT 1836/ AGED 34 YEARS/ B13S / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

MARY MARGARET (MURRAY) LADY DON/ ENGLAND/ Don/ Maria Margherita/ / Inghilterra/ Villino Strozzi/ 15 Gennaio/ 1855/ Anni 91/ 561/ Villino Strozzi, près Florence, Marie Marguerite Don, Iles Britaniques, Rentiere/ GL23777/1 N° 212, Burial 18/10, widow of General Sir George Don, Governor of Gibralter/ Maquay Diaries: 17 Jan 1855/ NDNB entry Sir George Don/ Henderson/ [column with urn] SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ LADY DON/ WIDOW OF/ GENERAL SIR GEORGE DON/ G.C.B. AND G.C.H./ FOR MANY YEARS GOVERNOR OF/ GIBRALTER/ DIED AT FLORENCE/ 15 JANUARY 1855/ AGED 90 YEARS/ B19F/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F


ANN MURRAY/ ENGLAND/ Don Muray/ Anna/ / Inghilterra/ 7 Maggio/ 1843/ Anni 75/ 263/ GL 23774 N° 50: d of Patrick Lord Elibank and Mary Mortlock, born Guildford Surrey, died 06-05, Burial 07-05, aged 73, Rev John Irving/ NDNB entry, Sir George Don, Ann Murray and Lady Don being sisters/ See Duthie, Murray [column with urn] SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ANN MURRAY/ SPINSTER/ OBEIT MAY 6 1843/ FLORENCE/ B19Q/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

MARY FARHILL/ ENGLAND/ Farhill/ Maria/ / Inghilterra/ Villa Palmieri/ 2 Aprile/ 1854/ Anni 62/ 537/ Mary Farhill, Iles Britianniques, Domicilié à la Villa Palmieri, sous Fiesole, rentière/ GL23777/1 N° 202, Age 62, Burial 05/04, Rev Greene/ Maquay Diaries: 3 April 1854/ [winged globe, urns] TO THE MEMORY OF MARY FARHILL DECEASED/ SECOND OF APRIL EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR/ AGED 70 THIS TOMBSTONE IS ERECTED AS TESTIMONIAL/ OF FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM BY HER ONLY SURVIVING/ BROTHER EDWARD FARHILL// LA GIOVINETTA SVELTA DI PERSONA/ E NEI SUOI SGUARDI IL GENIO RIFULGEA/ A OGNI OPERA GENEROSA, A OGNI OPERA BUONA/ FERVIDO IN SENO IL CUORE LE BATTEA/ PER LEI QUEL SUOL DEL QUALE A NOI RAGIONA/ IL CERTALDESE PIU VAGO SIFEA/ E BELL'ESEMPIO ESSA LASCIO FRA NOI/ DEL SUO CUOR, DEL SUO OPERA, DEI PREGI SUOI/ B16M/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

^*§ JOHN FOMBELLE/ ENGLAND/ Fombelle/ Giovanni/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 26 Novembre/ 1849/ / 421/ GL 23774 N° 143: Death 26-11, Burial 26-11, Rev Robbins/ Maquay Diaries: 21 Oct 1849; 26 Nov./ [ourobouros with sunburst]// SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN FOMBELLE ESQ.RE/ LATE OF THE E.I. COMPANY'S BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE/ WHO AFTER HAVING FILLED THE HIGHEST JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE/ PRESIDENCY OF BENGAL, IN A MANNER TO MERIT THE HIGHEST APPROBATION OF THE/ INDIAN GOVERNMENT, AND THE LOVE AND AFFECTION OF THE NATIVE COMMUNITY,/ RETIRED FROM PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, AFTER A SERVICE OF 34 YEARS/ HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT FLORENCE ON THE 24TH NOVR MDCCCXLIX/ IN HIS EIGHTY SEVENTH YEAR, DEEPLY REGRETTED/ E14H/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F.

MARIA LETITIA ZAIDA (BINGHAM) FFRENCH/ IRELAND/ Trench/ Maria Letizia Zaira/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 20 Ottobre/ 1832/ Anni 33/ 68/ Burke's Peerage, John Bingham, Baron Clanmorris, had daughters Anne-Maria Bingham who married Bentinck Walter Yelverton, Letitia Maria [Zaida] who married Robert FFrench of Rahasane Galway dying a widow in 1832, and Louisa Catherine who married Rev Frederick Yelverton in 1838 [sic, see below]/ GL23773 N° 22, Bentinck Walter Yelverton and Anna Maria Bingham's daughter, Anna Maria [Cecilia], 09/06/34, was baptised together with a 'Zaida Maria', whose mother was Louisa [Catherine], by Rev Frederick Yelverton, who was her father, G23773 N° 23; FO79/67 Rev Frederick Yelverton married [Louisa] Catherine Bingham at HBM (Edgecombe) 15/09/32; Burial, Anna Maria Cecilia 17/04/46/ see Yelverton/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ MARIA LETITIA ZAIDA FFRENCH/ DAUGHTER OF JOHN LORD CLANMORRIS AND WIDOW OF R. FFRENCH ESQ/ RAHASANE CO OF GALWAY/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN THE BLOOM OF/ YOUTH AND BEAUTY 23 OCTOBER 1832/ WHEN THE ER HEARD HER/ THEN IT BLESSED HER/ AND WHEN THE EYE SAW HER/ IT GAVE WITNESS TO HER/ TO THOSE WHO KNEW HER NOT THIS STONE MAY/ SERVE TO RECORD HER VIRTUES/ HER FRIENDS NEED NO MEMORIAL/ F11G/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZATINTI.F

          


^*§ JOHN FITZGERALD GABBET/ IRELAND/ Gabbet/ Giovanni Fitzgerald/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 9 Novembre/ 1835/ Anni 30/ 128/ GL 23773/4 N° 44: gives age as 36, Burial 12-11, Rev Hutchinson/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN FITZGERALD GABBET ESQ/ GEORGE STREET LIMERICK AND REDMONSTOWN/ IN THE COUNTY OF TIPPERARY IRELAND WHO/ DEPARTED THE LIFE ON THE 8TH NOV 1835// P.BAZZANTI.F./ A4S(68) / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature P.BAZZANTI.F

^* JEAN DAVID MARC GONIN / SVIZZERA/ Gonin/ Giovanni/ Giovanni/ Svizzera/ Firenze/ 17 Gennaio/ 1828/ / 1/ JEAN DAVID MARC GONIN/ NE A GENEVE LE 28 AVRIL 1812/ MORT A FLORENCE LE 17 JANVIER 1828/ JEUNE ET . . . D'AVENIR/ DONT LA TOMBE SOUARIT DANS . . . /N° 1/ D25I/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti: signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

     

MARY ELIZABETH GUPPY/ ENGLAND/ Guppy/ Maria Elisabetta/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 14 Giugno/ 1841/ / 216/ GL 23774 N° 14: age 35, Burial 15-06, Rev Tennant/ [Draped urn with garland, column with winged orb]/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ MARY ELIZABETH GUPPY/ DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL AND SARAH GUPPY/ OF BRISTOL ENGLAND/ - / HER SUFFERINGS TERMINATED IN FLORENCE/ JUNE 14 1841 AETAS 35/ SISTER FAREWELL / A2P(7) / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F


ANNETTE (CAMPBELL), HAMILTON/ SCOTLAND/ Hamilton nata Campbell/ Annetta/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 26 Dicembre/ 1829/ / 26/ DNB, NDNB, first wife of Thomas Hamilton/ See Campbell/ [winged globe] HERE ARE LAID/ THE MORTAL REMAINS OF ANNETTE/ WIFE OF THOMAS HAMILTON ESQUIRE/ WHO DIED AT FLORENCE ON THE/ TWENTY SIXTH OF DECEMBER MDCCCXXIX/ THIS LAST MEMORIAL OF PAST HAPPINESS AND UNCEASING/ LOVE WAS ERECTED BY HER BEREAVED HUSBAND/ N.XXVII/  B19M/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti; Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F


ANN (CRAUFUIRD) HOLLAND/ ENGLAND/ Holland/ Anna/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 8 Novembre/ 1845/ Anni 48/ 321/ GL 23774 N° 86 Burial 11-11, Rev Robbins/ See Crawford/ [garlanded column] SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF ANNE CRAUFUIRD [sic]/ THE WIFE OF CHARLES HOLLAND M.D./ WHO DIED AT FLORENCE/ 8 NOV 1845/ AE 45/ BLESSED ARE THE PURE/ IN SPIRIT FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD/ B17M/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F



COLONEL JAMES HUGHES/ WALES/ Hughes/ Colonn: Giacomo/ / Inghilterra/ Poggibonsi/ 25 Novembre/ 1845/[63] / 325/ GL 23774 N° 88: died 29-11, Burial 04-12, age 63, Rev Robbins/[On Casket] SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ COLONEL JAMES HUGHES CB/ THIRD SON OF THE REVEREND EDWARD HUGHES KINMEL PARK IN THE COUNTY OF DENBIGH AND OF LLISDULAS IN THE COUNTY/ OF ANGLESEA HE DIED ON THE 29TH DECEMBER 1845/ THIS MEMORIAL IN TOKEN OF HIS GREAT AFFECTION WAS ERECTED/ BY HIS ONLY SURVIVING BROTHER WILLIAM LEWIS LORD DINORBEN/ [Between Cypress Leaves and Reversed Torch and Laurel Leaves and Sword] COLONEL HUGHES ENTERED THE ARMY AT AN EARLY AGE AS CORNET IN THE 16TH LANCERS/ HAVING BEEN PROMOTED INTO THE 15TH HE ENTERED IN THAT REGIMENT/ IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN UNDER THE COMMAND OF LT GEN MOORE HE WAS WITH/ THE ADVANCED GUARD AT THE ESCURIAL AND PRESENT AT THE DIFFERENT AFFAIRS/ WHICH WERE HAD DURING THE RETREAT AND AT THE MEMORABLE ACTION OF/ CORUNNA WHERE THE BRAVE SIR JOHN MOORE FELL EARLY IN 1813. THE COLONEL/ JOINED THE ARMY IN SPAIN COMMANDED BY THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON HE/ WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLE OF MORALES AND HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE/ TO COMMAND THE 18TH AT THOSE OF VICTORIA, NIVELLE, NIVELLE AND HORTHES/ ON THE 28TH OF MARCH 1814 AT THE HEAD OF ONE SQUADRON OF THIS/ DISTINGUISHED REGIMENT HE CHARGED AND DROVE A FRENCH REGIMENT/ OF DRAGOONS UNDER THE GUNS OF ST CYPRIAN AND ON THE 18TH APRIL/ FOLLOWING HE ATTACKED AND CARRIED THE BRIDGE OF CROIX D'ORADE/ DEFENDED BY VIAL'S DRAGOON WHILST THE OPPOSITE BANKS WERE/ LINED WITH DISMOUNTED CARBINIERS. THIS SUCCESS SECURED THE/ COMMUNICATION OF THE ALLIED COLUMNS AND OPENED THE ROAD TO TOLOUSE/ THE COLONEL WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN AN AFFAIR AT ELLITE/ FOR HIS SEVERAL SERVICES HE WAS REWARDED WITH DISTINGUISHING CROSSES/ D21H/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

      

MARIA DOROTHEA JAFFRAY/ SCOTLAND/ Jaffray/ Maria Dorotea/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 20 Gennaio/ 1859/ Anni 74/ 661/ Maria Dorothea Jaffray, Angleterre/ GL23777/1 N° 263 Burial 22/01, age 73 years 11 months, Rev O'Neill/ MARIA DOROTHEA WIFE OF RICHARD JAFFRAY ESQ/ OF KINGS WELLS ABERDEENSHIRE/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT FLORENCE/ XX IANUARY MDCCLIX/ AGED SEVENTY THREE YEARS/ PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR/ MAY WE WHO MOURN RECALL IN HOPE/ HER DYING WORDS/ THERE IS NO DANGER IN HOPE/ E14I/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti


^* ANNA S. JOHNSON/ AMERICA/ Johnson/ Anna S./ / America/ Firenze/ 18 Aprile/ 1865/ Anni 19/ 905/ +/ Anna S. Johnson, l'Amerique/  ANNA A./ WIFE OF J.C. JOHNSON/ A NATIVE/ OF/ THE STATE OF NEW YORK/ DIED AT FLORENCE/ APRIL 18 1865/ AGED 19 Y, 3 M./ A10P(119) / [angel in tondo on stele, in style of Pietro Bazzanti]

SIMON HALLIDAY JOHNSTONE/ ENGLAND/ Johnstone/ Simon Haludy [Halliday]/ [William Gracie] / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 9 Febbraio/ 1837/ Anni 18/ 151/ GL 23773/4 N° 54: Simon Halliday Johnstone, s of William Gracie Johnstone of Garrock, Burial 11-02, Rev Knapp]/ Maquay Diaries: 11 Feb 1837/ see Haluday/ IN MEMORY OF/ SIMON HALLIDAY JOHNSTONE/ ELDEST SON OF/ WILLIAM GRACIE JOHNSTONE OF GARROCK/ WHO DIED AT FLORENCE/ THE 9TH FEB 1837/ 151/ E18H/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F


CHARLES EDWARD KERRICH/ ENGLAND/ Kerrich/ Carlo Eduardo/ [Thomas]/ Firenze/ 23 Luglio/ 1831/ Mesi 11/ 51/ Webb finds numerous baptismal records for family; parents, Thomas and Harriet Frances Kerrich of Harlston Norfolk / Father a banker, family living at Bellosguardo/ NDNB entry for relative, Thomas Kerrich, Norfolk/HEIC [sic]/ SITVS EST/ CAROLVS/ EDVARDVS// XL MENS/ NATVS// [Omega] XXIII. IVL // MDCCCXXI/ THOMAE/ KERRICH/ ANGLI FILIUS/ C27T/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti

HARRIET EMILY MARY KERRICH/ ENGLAND/ Kerrich/ Enrichetta Emilia/ [Thomas] / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 13 Febbraio/ 1837/ Mesi 5/ 152/ GL237773/4 N° 55 Burial 14/02 Rev Knapp, Baptism Harriet Emily 21/09/36, Rev Knapp, d of Thomas Kerrich, Harlston Norfolk, mother Harriet Frances; Marriage of parents FO 79/49 Thomas Kerrich to Harriet Baring at HBM (Burghersh)/ NDNB entry for relative, Thomas Kerrich, Norfolk/ BENEATH THIS/ MONUMENT BY THE SIDE/ OF HER BROTHER/ REPOSE THE REMAINS/ OF HARRIET MARY/ INFANT DAUGHTER/ OF THOMAS & HARRIET FRANCES KERRICH/ WHO DIED 12 FEBRUARY 1837/ N°. 152/ C27T/ Sculptor: P[ietro] BAZZANTI F[ece]


WALTER KENNEDY LAWRIE/ SCOTLAND/ Lawrie/ Gualtiero Kennedy/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 29 Novembre/ 1837/ Anni 31/ 164/ GL 23774 N° 60 Burial 08-12/ THY WILL BE DONE/ [grieving widow, orphan, in classical garb, with urn and funerary bust, portrait medallion within ourbouros] See Kennedy / N.164/ WALTER KENNEDY LAWRIE/ BORN IN SCOTLAND 20TH AUGUST/ 1806/ DIED IN FLORENCE 28TH NOVEMBER 1837/ THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY/ AND BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD/ B19N/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti

     

*°§SARAH McCALMONT/ ENGLAND/ Calmont/ Sara/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 24 Agosto/ 1836/ Anni 27/ 140/ GL23773/4 N° 49, Rev Knapp/ [°=Christopher Stuart Rawlins, Bristol, England], Extant Portrait/ See Calmont/ [On urn] JESUS WEPT [On square column's four sides] BENEATH IS DEPOSITED ALL THAT WAS MORTAL OF/ SARAH/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF T. RD THOMAS MCCALMONT/ OF WIMBOURNE MINSTER DORSET/ DIED AT FLORENCE/ IN CHILDBIRTH/ AUGUST 24TH 1836/ AGED 28 YEARS/ BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU TO BE IGNORANT, BRETHREN, / CONCERNING THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP THAT YE SORROW / NOT EVEN AS OTHERS/ WHICH HAVE NO HOPE FOR/ IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN EVEN SO/ THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING/ WITH HIM 1 THESS IV.13/ AND THEY SHALL BE MINE, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS/ IN THE DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS. MAL 3.17 / BLESSED BE GOD EVEN THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS/ CHRIST THE FATHER OF MERCIES AND THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT WHO COMFORT/ETH US IN ALL OUR TRIBU/LATION THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMFORT THEM/ WHICH ARE IN ANY TROUBLE BY THE COMFORT WHERE/WITH WE OURSELVES ARE COMFORTED OF GOD. 2 COR 1.3// [Indistinct]// IT IS THE LORD LET HIM/ DO THAT WHICH SEEMETH HIM/ GOOD II SAM 1O.12/ THE LORD GAVE AND THE/ LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY/ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF/ THE LORD JOB 1.21/ A10T(162)/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

  aaSarah McCalmont
 

Sara McCalmont died in childbirth in Florence, the child surviving her brought back to England by the grieving clergyman husband/father. Two cousins, their descendants, came together to see the tomb, ordering its now-effected restoration, and sharing this photograph of her Regency-style portrait. She looks as if she has just stepped out of a Jane Austen novel.

GAUDENZIO MERCADANTI/ SVIZZERA/ Mercadant/ Gaudenzio/ / Svizzera/ Firenze/ 22 Agosto/ 1833/ Mesi 18/ 81/ GAUDENZIO/ DI/ BALDASSARE E MARIA/ MERCADANTI/ NATO IL 15 GENNAIO 1832/ MORTO IL 22 AGOSTO 1833/// TU CH'A LE SCULTE NOTE/ HOR VOLGI L'ORME/ LEGGILE PUR MA PIAN/ SI CHENON DESTI/ CH'EGLI ESTINTO NON E/ MA POSA E DORME// DEPOSTO AI BEL FANCIULLO/ IL CARO IMPACCIO/ DELLE TUE MEMBRA/ IN PICCOL MARMO CHIUSE/ PER ALZARTI PIU LIEVE/ AL CIEL VOLANDO/ C25O/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti        

^* MARIA MERCADANTI/ SVIZZERA/ Mercadant/ Maria/ / Svizzera/ Firenze/ 29 Gennaio/ 1832/ Anni 23/ 57/ QUI RIPOSANO IN PACE LE CENERI DI MARIA MERCANDATI/ NATA TUN/ NATIVA DI REMIS IN SVIZZERA/ IN ETA DI ANNI 23 DOTATA DI VIRTY/ OLTRE OGNI CREDERE/ CHE DOPO PENOSA/ E BREVE MALATTIA/ PARTI DAI VIVENTI/ IL 29 GENNAIO 1832/ LASCIANDO DI SE MEMORIA/ IN FIGLIO DI GIORNI 15/ L'INCONSOLABILE CONSORTE/ BALDASSARE MERCADANTI/ ALLE SPOGLIE MORTALI/ QUEST'URNA POSE// PIANGE IL BAMBINO LA MADRE/ ESPRIMAMENTE COSI/ PERDEI QUEN BEN CHE SOLO/ SORGEVA I GIORNI MIEI/ PERDEI MIA CARA MADRE/ L'ANIMA DEL MIO CUOR/ C25O/ Weeping child, referred to also in Russian tomb below this, Sculptor: circle of Bazzanti                                

 ^* ANDREA MAYER/ GERMANIA/ Meyer/ Andrea/ / Svizzera/ Firenze/ 19 Settembre/ 1849/ Anni 20/ 412/ André Meyer, Prusse, Brasseur de bière, fils de Chrétien Meyer/ ANDREA MAYER/ BELLO DI FORME/ D'ANIMO GENTILE ED ELEVATO/ NON ANCOR QUADRIMESTRE/ IL DUOLO DELLE PATRIE SVENTURE/ CON OSTINATO MORBO/ RAPIVA ALLA LIBERTA DEI CIELI/ QUESTO MARMO BAGNATO DALLE LACRIME/ DEGLI ORBATI GENITORI E DEGLI INFELICI AMICI/ ISPIRI AI POSTERI TUOI SANTI AFFETTI/ NACQUE IN TOSCANA/ IL 30 . . . BRE 1830/ MORI IN FIRENZE IL 19 SETTEMBRE 1849/ C29Q / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F.

^*§  MARY WHYTE MOYSER/ ENGLAND/ Moyser/ Maria/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 4 Settembre/ 1833/ Anni 52/ 82/ GL 23773/4 N° 9: Burial 7-9, Age about 50, Rev Hutton/ See Frances Jane Moyser Whyte above, Edward Marcus Whyte below/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF /MARY MOYSER/ WHO DIED ON THE 4 SEPTEMBER 1833/ IN THE 55TH YEAR OF HER AGE/ WIFE OF ROBERT MOYSER ESQRE/ OF THE COUNTY OF YORK/ D21F/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

* MARIA ANN OLMSTED/ AMERICA/ Olmsted/ Maria Anna/ / America/ Firenze/ 20 Novembre/ 1836/ / 147/ Mrs MARIA ANN OLMSTED/ OF NEW YORK/ U.S. OF AMERICA/ DIED 20TH NOVEMBER/ 1836/ / A7S(97) Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

^*§  LADY CAROLINE EMILY THOMPSON PAKENHAM/ ENGLAND/ Pakenham/ Carolina E.T./ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 2 Agosto/ 1844/ / 296/ GL 23774 N° 69 Burial 04-08, Rev Jenkinson officiates, Robbins attests; first wife of Capt Pakenham, who marries again following year at Legation, PRO RG33/114; Webb has further family references/ Maquay Diaries: 27 Jul 1844; 2 Aug; 4 Aug/SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ CAROLINE EMILY THOMPSON/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES PAKENHAM R.N./ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUGT 2.1844/ HAVING FULFILLED ALL THE DUTIES OF A WIFE AND OF A MOTHER/ FOR TWENTY SIX YEARS IN A MANNER SELDOM EQUALLED AND PLACING HER EVERY HOPE IN JESUS CHRIST AND HIM/ CRUCIFIED SHE BOWED HER HEAD AND SLEEPS IN HIM/ B15R / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

^*§  ELIZABETH ISABELLA PAKENHAM/ ENGLAND/ Pakenham/ Isabella/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 6 Febbraio/ 1841/ Anni 21/ 212/ GL 23774 N° 11: d of Caroline and Captain James Pakenham RN, Burial 09-02, Rev Tennant; Webb has other family references/Maquay Diaries: 7 Feb 1841; 9 Feb; 10 Feb/ ELIZABETH ISABELLA PAKENHAM/ DIED 6TH FEBRUARY 1841/ AGED 21 YEARS AND SIX MONTHS/ FRAIL WAS THE BARK, THE WEATHER WILD/ TOO SOON T'WAS FOUNDERING WITH MY CHILD/ BUT HE WHO LEFT HIS THRONE ON HIGH/ FROM LOVE TO US, HE STILL IS NIGH/ HE LIVES TO SAVE, SO, LET HER DIE/ B15R / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature:: P.BAZZANTI.F

^*§  GERALDINE (HATHORN) PERCEVAL/ CANADA/ Percevall/ Giraldina Hawton/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 18 Maggio/ 1849/ Anni 27/ 406/ GL 23774 N° 132: Geraldine Hathorn Percival, aged 26, Burial 21-05, Rev Robbins/ See Hawton/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ GERALDINE HATHORN 5TH DAUGHTER OF M.H. PERCEVAL ESQ/ SHE WAS BORN AT QUEBEC SEPT 1822 AND DIED AT FLORENCE MAY 18 1849/ AGED 26 YEARS/ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HER AFFECTIONATE MOTHER/ ANN MARY PERCEVAL/ E18H/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature:: P.BAZZANTI.F, identical to Mary Ann Hawkes Phillips with dove.

^*§  MARY ANN (HAWKES) PHILLIPS/ ENGLAND/ Phillips (Kawpre)/ Maria Anna/ / Inghilterra/ Arezzo/ 7 Giugno/ 1847/ / 364/ GL 23774 N° 112: Mary Ann Hawker Phillips, wife of Dr Lowell Phillips, Burial 11-08, Rev Robbins/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ MARY ANNE HAWKES/ WIFE OF/ P. LOVELL PHILLIPS OF TORQUAY DEVON ESQ M.D./ AND DAUGHTER OF/ THE REV. W.B. COLLYER D.D. OF PECKHAM SURREY/ SHE DIED ON THE 7 OF JUNE 1847/ IN THE 55 YEAR OF HER AGE/ THE MOST AFFECTIONATE MOTHER AND DEVOTED WIFE FELL/ VICTIM TO FEVER BROUGHT ON BY OVER ANXIETY AND FATIGUE/ IN ATTENDANCE UPON ONE OF HER CHILDREN, SCARCELY RESCUED/ FROM THE FATAL EFFECTS OF THE SAME DISEASE/ A SINCERE BUT HUMBLE CHRISTIAN CUT OFF IN THE/ MIDST OF LIFE BY AN INSCRUTABLE ORDER OF PROVIDENCE/ SHE OCCUPIES AN EARLY GRAVE DEEPLY LAMENTED BY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES/ BUT MOST BY HER HUSBAND WHO WOULD IN VAIN SEEK FOR WORDS/ TO EXPRESS HIS ATTACHMENT HIS ESTEEM OR HIS GRIEF/ IF IN HIS LIFE ONLY WE HAVE HOPE IN CHRIST WE/ ARE OF ALL MEN MOST MISERABLE I. COR. 15.C.19.V. N° 364/ C23T/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F, identical to Geraldine Hathorn Perceval with dove.

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*§  EDWARD PORTEUS/ ENGLAND/ Porteus/ Eduoardo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 12 Settembre/ 1843/ Anni 68/ 268/ GL 23774 N° 54: Burial 14-09, Rev F. Goddard officiates, Robbins attests; Marriage G23773/4 N° 6 04/02/34 Edward Porteus to Dominica Schirroni at HBM (Seymour), groom deputy inspector general of army hospitals, Rev Hutton/ [Tomb in need of restoration]/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ EDWARD PORTEUS ESQRE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF ARMY HOSITALS IN H.B. MAJESTY'S SERVICE/ NEPHEW TO THE LATE RIGHT REVD RECTOR BEILBY PORTEUS/ LATE BISHOP OF LONDON DEPARTED THIS LIFE  AT FLORENCE/ ON THE 12 SEPT 1845 AGED 68 YEARS/ THIS MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND A GOOD FATHER AND AN ABLE FRIEND/ IS ERECTED BY HIS DISCONSOLATE WIDOW DOMENICA AND SURVIVING ONLY SON GEORGE/ P.BAZZANTI.F/ E16E


^* HELEN (COLQUHOUN) READE/ ENGLAND/ Reade nata Colquhoun/ Elena/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 17 Ottobre/ 1852/ / 490/ Helene Reade née Colquhum, femme de John Page Reade, fille de Colqahun, Sutton, Comté de Suffolk, en Angleterre/ See Colquhoun/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ HELEN COLQUHOUN DAUGHTER OF THE LATE SIR JAMES COLQUHOUN OF LUSS, BART AND THE/ BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN PAGE READE ESQRE/ OF SUTTON IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK WHO/ DIED AT FLORENCE OCTOBER 17TH 1852/ "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD"/ REV. XIV.13/ E14G/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti: Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

* CATERINA SALVETTI/ SVIZZERA/ Salvetti/ Catarina/ / Svizzera/ Firenze/ 30 Maggio/ / 1830/ 36/ CATERINA SALVETTI/ L'ANCILLA PER LA DOLE E COSTUITI/ PREGIATA/ MORTA IL 30 MAGGIO 1830/ QUESTO TITOLO DI DOLORE/ LA MADRE E I FI..LI POSERO/ C21P/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

^*§  CATHERINE (PENNEFATHER) SAVILE & HENRY SAVILE HER CHILD/ IRELAND/ITALY/ Savile/ Caterina/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 31 Dicembre/ 1842/ Anni 26/ 256/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ CATHERINE/ WIFE OF THE HON.BLE HENRY ALEXANDER SAVILE/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE/ FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 1843/ AGED 24 YEARS/ AND OF HENRY/ SECOND SON OF THE ABOVE/ AGED 3 WEEKS/ N. 256/ GL 23774 N° 42:, N° 43, born in Ireland 09-01-19, died 01-01, burial 04-01, thus 23, not 26; Henry, born 31-12-42, died 24-01, burial 26-01/ Baptism of Henry GL23774 N° 38 31/12/42 father Hon Henry of Yorkshire mother Catherine who died in childbirth the same day, Rev Irving; Marriage GL23774 N° 9 17/08/40 Hon Henry Alexander Savile to Catherine Pennefather at HBM (Fox) groom 2nd son of Earl of Mexborough, bride daughter late Col Kingsmill Pennefather, Rev Tennant/ /Maquay Diaries: 1840 7 Aug; 1842 18 May; 1842 1 Jun; 1843 3 Jan; 4 Jan/ Burke's Peerage entry/ F6F/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

*§  ANNIE JESSIE (MACKENZIE) SMITH/ SCOTLAND/ Smith nata Mackenzie/ Anna/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 1 Settembre/ 1862/ Anni 56/ 801/ Anna Smith, l'Angleterre, Ecosse/ GL23777/1 N° 316 Burial 05/09 Rev Ponton/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ANNIE JESSIE FOURTH DAUGHTER/ OF CAPT DONALD MACKENZIE OF HARTFIELDS ROSSHIRE AND WIFE/ OF CHRISTOPHER WEBB SMITH ESQ OF THE BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE/ [Below Casket] THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE SORROWING HUSBAND TO THE MEMORY OF THE FAITHFUL AND MOST AFFECTIONATE COMPANION AND PARTNER IN HIS EVERY JOY AND SORROW/ DURING A PERIOD OF XXXV YEARS. TO THE MEMORY OF THE CHRISTIAN WIFE AND MOTHER, THE KIND FRIEND OF ALL AROUND HER AND ESPECIALLY OF THE POOR AND DISTRESSED./ TO THE MEMORY OF HER WHO IN HER LAST AND PROTRACTED ILLNESS WAS AN EMINENT EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF HOLY RELIGION./ IN THE TRIUMPH OF FAITH HOPE AND PATIENCE UNTIL WELCOMING DEATH AS THE PORTAL TO GLORY SHE FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS./ WRITE "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD" REV. XIV.13/ [Coat of Arms]/ F6I/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, similar to Tennant tomb.

^*§  CHRISTOPHER WEBB SMITH/ ENGLAND/ Smith/ Cristofero/ Enrico/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 18 Gennaio/ 1871/ Anni 77/ 1115/ Christophe Smith, Esquire, l'Angleterre, rentier, fils de Henri/ FO 79 passim, Tassinari speaks of his longevity, resident in Florence nearly 30 years; GL23777/1 N° 427 Burial 21/01, age 77, Rev Tottenham/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ CHRISTOPHER WEBB SMITH ESQR/ BORN AT CAMBERWELL 30TH MAY 1796/ DIED IN FLORENCE 18TH JANUARY 1871/ [Below Casket] FORMERLY A JUDGE IN BENGAL, A MEMBER OF THE SAME BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN CALCUTTA/ FOR THE LAST YEARS HE RESIDED IN FLORENCE/ UNIVERSALLY BELOVED FOR HIS WORKS' SAKE IN HIS LIFE, HE IS DEEPLY REGRETTED IN HIS DEATH./ "WELL DONE THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD"/ MATTH. XXV.21/ F6I/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti. See Biblioteca e Bottega Fioretta Mazzei, http://www.florin.ms/libhe.html

^*§ LYDIA SNOOK/ ENGLAND/Snook/ Lidia/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 14 Settembre/ 1832/ Anni 46/ 66/ Baptism G23773 N° 43 Florence Elizabeth Snook, 26/05/35, father Matthew of Chichester, mother, Elizabeth [second wife], Rev Peacock/ Column with Urn/ LYDIA WIFE OF MATTHEW SNOOK OF CHICHESTER DIED 14 SEPTEMBER 1832 AGED 46 YEARS// Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature (Repeated): P. BAZZANTI.F/ C24O

*§  SIR GRENVILLE TEMPLE, BART/ ENGLAND/ Temple/ Grenville/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 18 Febbraio/ 1829/ Anni 60/ 14/ Burke's Peerage, Sir Grenville Temple, 10th Baronet, 1768-1829/ NDNB entry for ancestor Richard Grenvile-Temple/ GRENVILLIVS.TEMPLE/ MAG. BRIT. EQ. BARONETTVS/ VIX ANNI LXI/ OB. XVIII.FEBR./ MDCCC.XXIX./ MONVMENTVM. POSVERVNT. FILII. MORENTES/ N.XIV/ E19I/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti

*§ ANNE SOPHIA TENNANT/ ENGLAND/ Tennant/ Anna Sofia/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 8 Maggio/ 1857/ Anni 30/ 610/ Anne Sophia Tennant, Angleterre/ GL23777/1 N° 233 Burial 11/05 Rev O'Neill/ HERE LIES IN THIS PLACE ANNE SOPHIA WIFE OF CAPT CL TENNANT RN OF NEEDWOOD HOUSE STAFFORDSHIRE WHO DIED AT FLORENCE MAY 8 1857 AGED 30/ BLESSED ARE THE PURE OF HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD/ MATT. CHAP. V.80/  C22M/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F./


*§ HONOURABLE FRANCES TOLLEY/ IRELAND/ Tolley/ Francesca/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 12 Dicembre/ 1853/ Anni 57/ 522/ Francisca Tolley, Irlande/ GL23777/1 N° 191 Burial 14/12, Rev Greene/ Maquay Diaries: 12 Dec 1853; 14 Dec;  27 Dec/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ THE HONOURABLE FRANCES TOLLEY/ RELICT OF THE LATE/ MAJOR GENERAL HENRY DUNBAR TOLLEY/ G.B. BORN JANUARY 12TH 1796/ DIED DECEMBER 12TH 1853/ E17I/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, P.BAZZANTI F.


^*§ JAMES TOUGH/ ENGLAND/ Tough/ Giacomo/ / / Firenze/ 11 Giugno/ 1834/ Anni 85/ 99/ [classical portrait bust, between poppies, inscription between reversed torches, beneath hourglass and scythe] GL 23773/4 N° 23 Burial 12-6 Rev Yelverton, Rev Hutton correcting entry/ JACOBUS. TOUGH/ GEORGII. F. NATUS. BRISTOLII. AN. MDCCXXXXIX/ HIC.VITA. FINIS.VITA FINISQUE. LABORUM/ IN. NATURA, SILET. TEMPORA. MUTA. IACENT/ HIC.PAX.PERPETUA.INTER.SACRA.SILENTIA,MORTIS/ NAMQUE.PAVENT.TUMULUS.PULVIS.ET. OSSA. NIHIL/ TU.QUI.TRANSIS.DICENS.BONA.VERBA. SEPULTO/ HAEC TIBI SIT,NESCIS,ULTIMA. FORTE. DIES/ UNDIQUE.MORTALES.SEQUITUR.MORS. IMPROBA.TELIS/ AT.QUANDO.FERIET.DICERE.NEMO.POTEST/
ET.PROBET.IMPAVIDA.PECTUS.VIR. IUSTUS. AD.ICTUM./ SI.CADET.HAUD.TREPIDAT.NAM.SINE.LABE.CADIT/ NON.NULLAS.VIDE. TERRAS.URBESQUE VIROSQUE/ ULTIMA.NUNC.FOVEA.ET.MARMORE.TECTA.DOMUS/ SEPULTUS.FUIT.POSTRIDE/ APPOSITO. TITULO.AB.IPSO.SUPREMIS.TABULIS.DECRET./
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/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

*§ COLONEL GWYLLYM WILLIAMS LLOYD WARDLE/WALES/ Wardle/ Gwyllym-Lloyd/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 30 Novembre/ 1833/ Anni 72/ 85/ DNB; GL 23773/4 N° 11, formely Lieut Col in Br army, age 72, Burial 3-12, Rev Hutton/ NDNB entry/ [Bee]/ HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF/ COLONEL G. WILLIAMS LLOYD WARDLE/ ESTEEMED AND HONOURED BY HIS COUNTRY/ HIS MERITS AS A PUBLIC MAN WILL BE/ BETTER UNDERSTOOD FROM THE HISTORY OF/ ENGLAND THAN THEY CAN BE FROM AN/ INSCRIPTION HERE/ HE DIED ON THE 30 NOVEMBER 1833/ D24G / Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F



^* MATILDE ECKHARD WESENDONCK/ GERMANIA/ Wesendonck/ Giovanna Giulia Matteina/ / / Firenze/ 8 Dicembre/ 1844/ Anni 25/ 300/ Jeanne Julie Mathilde Wesendonck, née Echard, Frankfoprt-sur-Maine/ MATHILDE GEBORNE ECKARD/ GATTIN VON OTT WESENDONCK/ GEBOREN 11 DECEMBER 1819 IN FRANKFURT AIM/ STARB SIE 8 DECEMBER 1844 IN FLORENZ//AUFIHRER HOCHZEITSREISE SAUK DIE SE BLUTHE/ ACHTER WEIBLICHKEIT IN EN FRUHES GRAB// HEISSE THRANEN IHRES GATTEN, IHRER/ MUTTER, GESCHWISTER UND ALLER DIE SIE/ KANTEN FLIESSEN IHR NACH/ B14S/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI F.

^*§ EDWARD MARCUS WHYTE/ ENGLAND/ Whyte/ Edoardo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 29 Ottobre/ 1851/ Anni 18/ 465/ GL23777/1 N° 161 Burial 31/10, Rev Swan (paternal grandmother Moyser)/ See Moyser/ BENEATH ARE LAID BESIDE HIS PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER/ THE REMAINS OF/ EDWARD MARCUS WHYTE ESQ/ BORN 24TH OF MARCH 1833 DIED 29TH OCTOBER 1857/ THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY/ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD/ D21F/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

*§ ANNA MARIA CECILIA YELVERTON/ IRELAND/ Yelverton/ Anna Cecilia Fiorenza/[Bentinck Walter] / Inghilterra/ Grace (Francia)/ 17 Aprile/ 1846/ / 337/ GL 23774 N° 96: d of Bentinck Walter Yelverton, Anna Maria (Bingham) Yelverton, died Nice 16-04, aged 13, Burial 27-04, Rev George Robbins/ See FFrench/ A LOVELY FLOWER CULLED FROM EARTH TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN// BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD// SHE CAME TO THE CROSS WHEN HER YOUNG CHEEK WAS BLOOMING AND RAISED TO THE LORD THE BRIGHT GLANCE OF HER EYE AND WHEN O'ER ITS BEAUTY DEATH'S DARKNESS WAS GLOOMING THE SAVIOUR WAS NIGH// ANNA MARIA CECILIA DAUGHTER OF BENTINK WALTER AND THE HON.BLE A.M. YELVERTON (THE ONLY CHILD OF HER MOTHER AND SHE WAS A WIDOW) FELL ASLEEP IN THE LORD ON THE 16 DAY OF APRIL 1846 IN THE 13 YEAR OF HER AGE ALREADY RIPE THRO GRACE AND FULL OF FAITH SHE LEFT WITHOUT SECRET THE FAIREST EARTHLY PROSPECTS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF A HEAVENLY INHERITANCE THIS FAINT RESEMBLANCE OF THAT CHERISHED FORM WAS PLACED BY HER TO WHOM THIS WORLD IS NOW OF A TRUTH A VALLEY OF TEARS./ F11H/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

     

*§ WALTER BENTINCK YELVERTON/ IRELAND/ & ANNA MARIA (BINGHAM) YELVERTON/ IRELAND/ Yelverton/ Bertick/ / Inghilterra/ Pisa/ 13 Dicembre/ 1837/ / 165/ Marriage recorded FO79/57 15/09/32, Rev Frederick Yelverton to Catherine Louisa Bingham at HBM, Yelverton brothers marrying Bingham sisters]/ Michael Ayrton, 'Ensign Yelverton's Spoon', The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society 56 (2005), 93-104/ See FFrench/ [Coat of Arms] IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF/ BENTINK YELVERTON/ AND HIS WIFE/ THE HON.BLE ANNA BINGHAM/ F11GH/ Sculptor: Pietro Bazzanti, Signature: P.BAZZANTI.F

      


See Maria Maugeri, Pietro e Niccolò Bazzanti 'Negozianti di Belle Arti', Firenze: Edifir, 2002.

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GIUSEPPE BONDI (FL. 1863-1885), ITALIAN

*§° SIR ROBERT KEITH ARBUTHNOT/ SCOTLAND/ 31. Arbuthnot/ Roberto/ Guglielmo/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 4 Marzo/ 1873/ Anni 73/ 1201/ Robert Arbuthnot, l'Angleterre, rentier, fils de Sir Guillaume/ GL23777/1 N° 451/ Henderson/ [Celtic cross on tomb, Allori tomb is identical] SIR R.K. ARBUTHNOT BART/ BORN IN EDINBURGH 9TH SEPTR 1801/ DIED AT FLORENCE 4TH MARCH 1873/ EVEN SO THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM/ 1 THESS IV.14/ HE IS NOT DEAD BUT ONLY LIETH SLEEPING/ IN THE SWEET REFUGE OF HIS MASTER'S BREAST/ AND FAR AWAY FROM SORROW TOIL AND WEEPING/ HE IS NOT DEAD BUT ONLY TAKING REST/ REMAINS REMOVED TO THE CEMETERY OF THE ALLORI/ MARCH 17TH 1882/ C30O/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi

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* LOUIS RODOLPHE GUSTAVE ADOLPHE DU FRESNE/ SVIZZERA/ Du-Fresne/ Adolfo/ Adolfo/ Svizzera/ Firenze/ 2 Agosto/ 1871/ Anni 32/ 1141/ Louis Rodolphe Gustave Adolphe Du Fresne, Vevey, en Suisse, banquier, fils de Jean Théodore Adolphe Du Fresne/ L.R.G. ADOLPHE DU FRESNE/ LE VI MARS MDCCCXXXIX/ LE 1 AOUT MDCCCLXXI/ VIEULLEZ DONC CAR VOUS NE SAVEZ NE LE/ JOUR NE L'HEURE OU LE FILS DE L'HOMME VIENDRA/ MATH. XXV.13/ RASSUREZ VOUS C'EST MOI N'AYEZ POINT PEUR/ MATH. XIV.27/ C26M/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi? 


^* CAVALIER LOUIS RICHARD DU FRESNE/ SVIZZERA/ Du-Fresne/ Cav: Luigi/ Giovanni Andrea/ Svizzera/ Firenze/ 6 Dicembre/ 1873/ Anni 65/ 1231/ Louis Richard du Fresne, Suisse, banquier, fils de Jean André et de Frederique Marie Louise, née Colland/ LOUIS R. DU FRESNE/ NE LE 29 DECEMBRE 1807/ DECEDE LE 6 DECEMBRE 1873/ PS XXVI.V.4 PS V.1/ NOUS N'AVONS POINT/ ICI-BAS DE CITE PER-/MANENTE MAIS NOUS/ CHERCHONS CELLE QUI/ EST A VENIR/ HEB XIII.19// NE CRAINS POINT CAR/ JE T'AI RACHETE/ ESAIE XLIII.1/ C27M/  Sculptors: Bondi/ Mattei?

^* JANE (MILLER DICKSON) GORDON/ ENGLAND/ Gordon nata Dickson/ Vedova Giovanna/ N./ / Pistoia/ 27 Gennaio/ 1876/ / 1343/ See Dickson/ IN MEMORIAM JANE MILLER, NEE DICKSON, WIDOW OF WILLIAM CONWAY GORDON/ LATE HM 91ST REGIMENT/ BORN 18 SEPT 1824/ DIED 27 JAN 1876/ THESE ARE THEY WHICH CAME OUT OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION/ AND HAVE WASHED THEIR ROBES AND MADE THEM WHITE IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB/ F4C/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi, Signature: G.BONDI.F

^*§ LUCY OLIVER IVES/ ENGLAND/ Ives nata Oliver/ Lucia/ Tommaso/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 14 Dicembre/ 1876/ Anni 29/ 1375/ ++/ GL23777/1 N° 505, age 37, burial 18/12, Rev Tottenham/ See Oliver/ TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF L.V.I./ BORN IN DEVONSHIRE ENGLAND/ DIED IN FLORENCE/ ON THE 14th OF DECEMBER 1876/ BELOVED AND DEPLORED/ A BEREAVED AND INCONSOLABLE MOTHER/ F2C/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi, Signature: G:BONDI.F

* MARY LOUISA (BRIGGS) KING / AMERICA/ King nata Briggs/ Vedova Maria Luisa/ Carlo/ America/ Firenze/ 18 Dicembre/ 1874/ Anni 43/ 1288/ Maria Louise Vve King, l'Amerique, fille de Charles Briggs/ IN MEMORY/ OF/ LOUISA KING/ WIDOW OF/ DAVID OLYPHANT KING/ DIED IN FLORENCE/ DEC 18 1874/ F9A/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi

^*° EMANUELE KUBLI/ SVIZZERA/ Kubli/ Emanuele/ Gian Giacomo/ Svizzera/ Firenze/ 5 Gennaio/ 1875/ Anni 39/ 1291/ Emmanuel Kubli, Suisse, Negociant, fils de Jean-Jacques et de Louise Antoinette, née Duclaux/ QUI RIPOSA/ EMANUELE KUBLI/ NATO A FIRENZE/ ADDI 2 NOVEMBRE 1835/ MORTO IL 5 GENNAIO 1875/ C29M/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi

^*° JEAN-JACQUES KUBLI/ SVIZZERA/ Kubli/ Gian Giacomo/ Gian Giacomo/ Svizzera/ Firenze/ 12 Gennaio/ 1875/ Anni 88/ 1295/ Jean-Jacques Kubli, Suisse (canton de Glaris), negociant, fils de Jean Jacques Kubli et de Barbara/ QUI RIPOSA/ GIOV[anni] GIACOMO KUBLI/ NATO A FIRENZE/ ADDI 2 NOVEMBRE 1835/ MORTO IL 5 GENNAIO 1875/ C29M/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi

BARONNE AUGUSTE DE MANNERHEIM/ SVEZIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA/ Mannerheim/ Barone Augusto/ Carlo/ [pencil Finlandia (Svezia)]/ Firenze/ 19 Aprile/ 1876/ / 1353/ [Cherubim reading Scroll] ICI REPOSE/ LE BARON AUGUSTE DE MANNERHEIM/ NE EN FINLANDE L'AN 1805/ MORT A FLORENCE A SAN DONATO VILLA DEMIDOFF/ LE 18 AVRIL 1876/ AIME ET REGRETTE/ Talalay: Finlandia 1805- San Donato, Villa Demidoff 1876, rappresentante di una nota famiglia finlandese; in Italia era stato ospite dei Demidov, N° 1353, RC/ E18L / Belle Arti scheda says style of figures is Horace Greenough's, perhaps by Italian student of his, while the rest is style of Giuseppe Bondi.


HADRIAN MARRYAT/ ENGLAND/ Marryat/ Adriano/ Orazio/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 25 Febbraio/ 1873/ Anni 40/ 1200/ [royal coat of arms, almost illegible inscription]/ Adrien Marryat, l'Angleterre/ GL23777/1 N° 450, Burial 01/03, Age 28, Rev Tottenham/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HADRIAN MARRYAT SON. / LATE OFFICER OF THE . . ./ WHO DIED AT FLORENCE FEBRUARY 25/ AGED 40 / F8C/  Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi


^* EMIL OTTO ADOLF ALBERT VON PARPART/ GERMANIA/SVIZZERA/ Parpart/ Emilio, Ottone, Adolfo, Alberto/ Carlo/ Germania/ Firenze/ 24 Maggio/ 1869/ Anni 56/ 1051/ Emile Othun Albert de Parpart, Prusse, rentier, fils de Charles de Parpart, et de Henriette, née Porsch /Web yields: 'Albert Emil Otto Von Parpart Rrr Des Joho [247] was born on 22 May 1813 in Wibsch Bei Kulmsee, Westpreussen and died on 24 May 1869 in Florenz at age 56. Albert married Germania Adelaide Mathilde Von Bonstetten [248] [MRIN: 149]. Germania was born in 1813 and died on 20 Jun 1883 in Hünegg, Ch at age 70'/ DEINE SONNE WIRD/ NICHT MEHR UNTERGEHEN/ NOCH DEIN MOND/ DEN SCHEIN VERLIEREN/ DENN DER HERR WIRD DEIN EWIGES LICHT [Maltese cross] HIER RUIT/ ALBERT VON PARPART/ RECHTS RITTER DES JOHANITER ORDENS/ GESTORBEN IN FLORENZ DEN 24 MAI 1869/ IM ALTER VON 56 JAHREN/ A4Q(52)/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi

* LILLIAS ROSS/ SCOTLAND/ Ross/ Lillias/ Andrea/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 25 Aprile/ 1875/ Anni 30/ 1309/ ERECTED/ IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ LILLIAS ROSS/ DAUGHTER OF ANDREW ROSS/ BALBLAIR ROSSHIRE SCOTLAND/ WHO DIED AT FLORENCE/ APRIL 25 1875/ THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS/ WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM/ E11D/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi, Signature: G.BONDI.F


^* MARGARET (SMITH) HOYLE THOMPSON/ ENGLAND/ Thompson nata Smith/ Margherita/ Roberto/ America/ Firenze/ 24 Maggio/ 1876/ Anni 52/ 1357/ MARGARET HOYLE THOMPSON OF BRADFORD/ YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND/ BORN SEPT 19th 1819/ DIED MAY 24 1876/ HER END WAS PEACE/ F3C/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi, Signature: G.BONDI.F

^* WILLIAM EDWARD YOUNG/ ENGLAND/ Young/ Edoardo Guglielmo/ David/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 16 Maggio/ 1877/ Anni 5/ 1397/Tombstone has fallen/ IN  LOVING  MEMORY OF EDWARD WILLIE/ YOUNGEST CHILD OF/ DR YOUNG DIED 16 MAY 1877/ AGED 5 YEARS/ E16C/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Bondi



I. BONDI (FL. 1892),
ITALIAN

BARTOLOMEO MALFATTI/ ITALIA/ QUI LA FAMIGLIA DESOLATA POTE DEPORRE LE CENERI DI BARTOLOMEO MALFATTI PROFESSORE NEL R. ISTITUTO DI STUDI STORICO GEOGRAFICO POLIGRAFO NEL PREGIO DELLE OPERE SUE NEL DOLORE INSANABILE DI CHI NE CONOBBE 'L ANIMO E NE PROVO L'AMORE SOPPRAVIVERE/ PAX UNITI IN VITA UNITI IN MORTE// NATO IN MORI DI TRENTO A XXV FEBBRAIO MDCCCXXVIII/ MORTO IN FIRENZE A XV FU ARSO PER SUA VOLONTA ESPRESSA A XVIII GENNAIO MDCCCLXXXXII/ 2021/ 2001/  D29H/ Sculptor: I. Bondi, Signature: I.BONDI

MARIA MALFATTI/ ITALIA / MARIA MALFATTI/ SPLENDE LUCE PURISSIMA/ D'ANIMO E DI MENTE/ DAL XXVI OTTOBRE MDCCCLXIII/ AL VII DICEMBRE MDCCCLXXXXV/ ORA ANGOSCIAMENTE RIMPIANTA/ CRESCERE FIORI ALLA SUA CORONA/ POTEVA SOLTANTE MORE IMMATURA/ 2003/ D29H

LUISA MALFATTI/ ITALIA / LUISA MALFATTI D.D./ ELLA NON TORNERA' A ME;/ MA IO VADO A LEI/ 2 SAM. 12.23/ NATA IN MILANO MORTO IN FIRENZE/ FU ARSA PER SUA VOLONTA' ESPRESSA/ 2003/ D29H [Two inscriptions on one monument, Luisa's beneath Maria's]

PAOLO MALFATTI/ ITALIA / ALLA MEMORIA CARISSIMA/ DI/ PAOLO MALFATTI/ DOTTORE IN SCIENZE NATURALI/ NEI FIORI DELLA GIOVINEZZA/ RAPITO AGLI STUDI DILETTI/ ALL'AMORE DEI SUOI/ CHE IN LUI PIANGONO/ PER SEMPRE TRONCATE/ LE PIU NOBILI SPERANZE/ NATO IN MILANO ADDI XI GENNAIO MDCCCLXXXXV/ FU ARSO PER SUA VOLONTA ESPRESSA IN FIRENZE/ 2002/ D28G

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JOHAN NIKLAS BYSTROM (1783-1848), SWEDISH

        


*§° JEAN CLAUDE LAGERSVARD/ SVEZIA/ Lagersward/ Giov: Claudio/ / Svezia/ Firenze/ 12 Dicembre/ 1836/ Anni 80/ 148/ / [Sculpture of husband leaving childless wife, angel crowning him with stars with one hand, holding reversed torch with other, winged hourglass on one side, ourobouros around bee on the other] ICI.REPOSE.JEAN.CLAUDE.LAGERSVARD/ DERNIER.REJETON.DE.SA.FAMILLE/ DE S.M. LE  ROI.DE. SUEDE.ET.DE.NORVEGE/ PRES. DES. COURS. D'ITALIE/ ET CONSEILLER DE SA CHANCELLERIE/ NE LA IX AOUT MDCCLVI/ MORT LE XII.DECEMBRE.MDCCCXXVI/SUEDOIS DE COEUR ET D'AME/ HABITANT L'ITALIE DEPUI 11 JUILLIET MDCCLXXXIX/ COMME SECRETAIRE DE LEGATION/ CHARGE D'AFFAIRES. ET. MINISTRE/ SOUS QUATRE DIFFERENTS REGNES EN SUEDE/ ET PENDANT LES REVOLUTIONS DE L'EUROPE/ E18E/ Sculptor Johan Niclas Byström, for For information on this sculptor, contact Prof. Annette Landen, Department of Art History, Lund University, Sweden: Signature: G.N.Bystrom.svedese. inv.e.scolpt. / .

                   

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EMMANUELE CARONI (1825-FL. 1878), ITALIAN

This sculptor worked exclusively for the Wital family, Charles Wital having been Inspector of the Cemetery for the Swiss Evangelical Reformed Church in Florence. He workks with a variety of forms, and also of materials.

ANNA ROSINA WITAL/ SVIZZERA/ Wital/ Anna Rosina/ Ottone Paolo/ Svizzera/ S. Marco Vecchio/ 7 Novembre/ 1852/ Mesi 18/ 492/ Anna Rosina Wital, Canton des Grisons, en Suisse, fille de Othon Paul Wital et de Marie Wital, née Schreiber/ [Angel] TRAULERI NICHI GELIEBTE/ ELTERN DEN UBER EIN/ KLEIN SWERDEN WIR UNS/ WIEDERSHEN UND SUNER/ HERZ SOLL SICH FREUEN/ 492// [Smiling Angel] GIO.WITAL DUODECIMESTRE/ MORTO IL DI 8 LUGLIO 1851/ E ANNA ROSINA CHE NATA/ AL MORTE DEL FRATELLO/ MANCO IL DI NOVEM 1852/ POVERI GENITORI/ 460/ C24S

GIOVANNI WITAL/ SVIZZERA/ Wital/ Giovanni/ Svizzera/ [Otto Paolo] S. Marco/ 8 Luglio/ 1851/ Anni 1/ 460/ Jean Wital, Sens, Canton des Grisons, en Suisse, fils de Otto Paul Wital et de Dame Marie, née Schreiber, son épouse/ [Angel] TRAUERT NICHT GELIEBTE/ ELTERN DENN UBER EIN/ KLEINES WERDEN WIR UNS/ WIEDERSEHEN UND UNSER/ HERZ SOLL SICH FREUEN/ 492// L.CARONI.F// [Smiling Angel] GIO.WITAL DUODECIMESTRE/ MORTO IL DI 8 LUGLIO 1851/ E ANNA ROSINA CHE NATA/ AL MORTE DEL FRATELLO/ MANCO IL DI NOVEMBRE 1852/ POVERI GENITORI/ 460/ C24S/ Sculptor: Emanuele Caroni, L.CARONI.F.

          
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CHARLES WITAL/ SVIZZERA/ Wital/ Carlo/ / Svizzera/ S. Andrea/ 16 Dicembre/ 1851/ Anni 45/ 468/  Charles Wital, Sins, Canton des Grisons en Suisse, domiciliée à Florence, Proprietaire, fils de Gaudenzio Wital, et de Marguerite, sa femme/ See Hely, Roulet  CI GIT/ CHARLES WITAL ISPECTEUR DE CE CIMITIERE . . .// BON FILS, TENDRE EPOUX, COUER AMANT ET DEVOUE/ TU PROTEGEAS LA VEUVE, TU SERVIS DE PERE A L'ORPHELIN/ NOTRE RECONNAISSANCE ET NOS REGRET ONT CONSACRE/ CE MARBRE A LA MEMOIRE MAIS TU AS DANS/ NOS COUERS, OU VIT TON SOUVENIR UN MONUMENT/PLUS DIGNE DE TOI/ C24S/ Bust, above classical figures of widow and orphan grieving beside garlanded column, Sculptor: Emanuele Caroni

CATHERINE WITAL/ SVIZZERA/ Wital/ Caterina/ Paolo/ Svizzera/ Chiavenna/ 2 Novembre/ 1869/ Anni 21/ 1068/ Catherine Vital, Sent, Grisons, Paul Otto Vital, et de Marie, née Gohreith

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Wital Vedova Augier nata Roulet/ Vedova Carolina/ Federigo/ Svizzera/ Firenze/ 30 Giugno/ 1866/ Anni 65/ 944/ [Inscription on back of Charles Wital's tomb, the front of which shows the grieving widow and child, her classicizing portrait]/ see Augier, Roulet

*°§ GAUDENZIO WITAL/ SVIZZERA/ Wital/ Gaudenzio/ / Svizzera/ Firenze/ 1 Dicembre/ 1849/ Anni 74/ 422/ [Pelican in its Pietry, reverse, inscription surrounding bust]/ Gaudenzio Wital, Sens, dans le Canton des Grisons en Suisse, négociant, fils de Jean Martin Wital et de Dame Catherine, née Tscharner/ ALLA MEMORIA DI [Bust] GAUDENZIO WITAL/ NATO NEL GRIGIONE/ / IL 25 GENNAIO 1776/ MORTO A FIRENZE/ / IL 3 DICEMBRE 1849/ C23R/ Sculptor: Emanuele Caroni, student of Lorenzo Bartolini

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MARIA WITAL/ SVIZZERA/ Wital/ Maria/ Gio: Martino/ Svizzera/ Firenze/ 6 Maggio/ 1853/ Anni 26/ 505/ Marie Wital, Sent, Canton des Grisons, en Suisse, fille de Jean Martin Wital, Negociant, domicilié à Modena/ [Inscription below coat of arms on iron tombstone, on back a glarand with serpent above a garlanded cross]/ MARIA/ DI G. MARTINO WITAL ET ANGELINA CA. . ARIS/ SVIZZERA/ MORTA CON RELIGIOSA RASSEGNAZIONE/ IL 6 MAGGIO 1853/ APPENA VENTICINQUENNE/ L'AFFLITTO PADRE E FRATELLO/ . M.P./ C24R/ Sculptor: Emanuele Caroni

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ARISTODEMO COSTOLI (1803-1871), ITALIAN


Student of Lorenzo Bartolini

*°§ GEORGE AUGUSTUS WALLIS/ ENGLAND/ Wallis/ Giorgio Augusto/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 13 Marzo/ 1847/ Anni 86/ 357/ archival material; GL 23774 N° 107 Burial 15-03 Rev Robbins/ GEORGE AUGUSTUS WALLIS OF MERTON IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY/ DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS GENIUS AND SCIENCE IN THE ART OF PAINTING DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 15th OF MARCH 1847 IN THE 87th YEAR OF HIS AGE/ THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS AFFECTIONATE SON TRAJAN RAYMOND WALLIS / [Portrait]// [Coat of Arms]/ F2G/ Sculptor: Aristodemo Costoli, Signature: COSTOLI

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AMALIA DUPRE, ITALIAN

GIOVANNI DUPRE, ITALIAN

AMALIA CIARDI DUPRE, ITALIAN

HARRIET HOSMER, AMERICAN

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ODOARDO FANTACCHIOTTI
  (1811-1877), ITALIAN

Odoardo Fantacchiotti was born in Rome and died in Florence in June. He studied at the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts under Stefan Ricci and Aristodemo Costoli. He gradually convinced himself that he should follow the ideals of Canova and Bartolini. Among the monuments he executed are "Luigi Cherubini" and one to Prince "Neri Corsini" in the church of Santa Croce (Florence), the statue of "Giovanni Boccaccio" in the arcade of the Uffizi, a bust of "Queen Margherita" in the Quirinal Palace in Rome, "Eve" in the Gallery of Modern Art in Turin, "Susanna" in the Gallery of Modern Art in Florence and "Pandora" for the Bazzanti Brothers Studio in Florence. This last work, a marble statue of limpid and academic serenity, is perhaps the most representative of his art and is not directly reminiscent either of Canova or of Bartolini.

This bust is owned by Steven Bigler in America who sent its images because he found the English Cemetery's references to Odoardo Fantacchiotti as sculpting Samuel Reginald Routh's tomb.





                       

SAMUEL REGINALD ROUTH/ ENGLAND/ Routh/ Samuele Reginaldo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 21 Giugno/ 1860/ Anni 47/ 702/ Samuel Reginald Routh, l'Angleterre/ [Statue of Hope with Anchor, on plinth with four reversed torches] / GL23777/1 N° 281, Burial 21/06, Rev O'Neill, last Grand Duchy entry/ °=Luisa Moradei, pronipote di Gabbrielli allievo di Cesare Fantacchiotti, figlio di Odoardo/ TO THE MEMORY OF SAMUEL REGINALD ROUTH/ OF FARLEIGH,/ IN THE COUNTY OF HANTS, ENGLAND,/ WHO DIED AT FLORENCE/ JUNE the 21ST, 1860/ In the 47th Year of his Age,/ This Tomb is created by those who loved him living,/ Who mourn him dead, and who hope through the mercy/ of GOD,/ To rejoin him in Heaven/ For in Thee, O LORD, do I hope, Thou wilt hear, O LORD My GOD/ Psalm 38, verse 15/ A10N(146)/ Sculptor, Odoardo Fantacchiotti, beneath foot, Signature: O.FANTACCHIOTTI 1863 

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FELICIE DE FAUVEAU (1802-1866), FRENCH

This French sculptress, for supporting the Royalists, was imprisoned, then exiled. A great friend of the Art Historian Lord Lindsay, she beqeathed to him her album of designs, now owned by his descendant, Lord Crawford, in Scotland.

SIR CHARLES LYON HERBERT/ ENGLAND/ Herbert/ Carlo Leone/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 26 Dicembre/ 1855/ Anni 61/ 587/ Charles Lyn Herbert, Iles Britanniques /GL23777/1 N° 224, Burial 28/12, age 71, Rev O'Neill/ Maquay Diaries: 28 Dec 1855: ‘attended Sir C Herberts funeral at 8 this morning.’/ Q217: Paoli 393/ B13N/ Silvia Mascalchi/ Firenze/ Félicie de Fauveau, Livorno 1801-Firenze, 1886, Musée des Augustins, http://www.augustins.org/collections/, e il fratello Hippolyte de Fauveau. Signature.

Photograph in Félicie de Fauveau's Album:, willed to Lord Lindsay

Le fonti ricordano due sepolture realizzate da questa artista: quella di Sir Charles Lyon Herbert e quella di Lady Harriet Frances Pellew, di cui solo la prima, purtroppo, chiaramente identificabile, anche se in precario stato di conservazione (foto).

The sources record two sculptures carried out by this artist: that of Sir Charles Lyon Herbert and that of Lady Harriet Frances Pellew, of which only the first, perhaps, is clearly identifiable, even if in a precarious state of conservation.

§ HARRIET FRANCES (WEBSTER) PELLEW/ ENGLAND/ Pellew/ Enrichetta Francesca/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 7 Agosto/ 1849/ / 409/ Traslocato al 747/ HARRIET FRANKES PELLEW [Only daughter of Sir Godfrey Webster, 4th Bart., and Lady Holland °=The Hon. Peter I. Pellew; GL 23774 N° 135 Burial 09-08, Rev Gilbert for Rev Robbins] Tomb Sculptor: Silvia Mascalchi/ Firenze/ Félicie de Fauveau, Livorno 1801-Firenze, 1886, e il fratello Hippolyte de Fauveau, who together sculpted tomb of Sir Charles Lyon Herbert. First tomb by Félicie de Fauveau may be this one in the C section, C27N,  the second, by her husband Admiral Pellew's side/ Q479, indicates that the burial, normally 45 Paoli, here came to 100 Paoli/ F8E

In Félicie de Fauveau's Album, willed to Lord Lindsay:



See essay, Due sepolture al Cimitero ‘degli Inglesi’: una traccia per l’attività fiorentina di Félicie de Fauveau/ Two Tombs in the ‘English’ Cemetery: Vestiges of Felicie de Fauveau’s work in Florence Silvia Mascalchi, Istituto Statale d'Arte di Firenze
Also essay http://www.florin.ms/blagdenfauveau.html

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PIETRO GAVAZZI (1815-1852) WITH S. PUCCI,
ITALIANS

^*§  ANN (BAINBRIDGE) KLINE MORATTI/ ENGLAND/ Moratti Kline Baimbridge/ Anna/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 16 Marzo/ 1851/ Anni 41/ 451/ GL23777/1 N° 154 Death 06/03/51/ Burial March 51, Age 42, Rev Robbins/ See Bainbridge / . . .R DILECTISSIMAE/ FRANCISCUS DE MORATTIS/ . GRATO ANIMO POSUIT// AD ANNA KLINE MORATTI FIGLIA A/ GIORGIO CARR BAINBRIDGE/ GENTILUOMO INGLESE/ MOGLIE ARMIGER/ NOBILE . . . DONNA . . . / NATA . . . / MORTA . . . C27R/ [tomb in Félicie de Fauvau style, copying the arches on the right side of Santa Maria Novella, Orsanmichele and Santa Croce, portait medallion], Sculptors/ PIETRO GAVAZZI/ MODELLO COMINCIO NON FINI/ SORPRESO DA MORTE/ NEL 1852// S . . . PUCCI/ PER AFFEZIONE ALL'AMICO PERDUTO/ ABBELLI TERMINO NEL 1853. Pietro Gavazzi from Pistoia was Bartolini's student.

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FRANCESCO GIOVANNOZZI (1802-FL. 1863), ITALIAN

CHARLES EDE/ ENGLAND/ Ede/ Carlo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 2 Agosto/ 1863/ Anni 70/ 844/ Charles Ede, l'Angleterre/ GL23777/1 N° 334, Burial 04/08, Rev Pendleton/ [Roses and Olives on English side, Roses and Pansy on Italian side]/ IN BELOVED MEMORY/ OF/ CHARLES EDE ESQUIRE/ BORN AT LISKEARD CORNWALL 13 MAY 1793/ DIED IN FLORENCE 2 AUGUST 1863/ THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY/ HIS SORROWING WIFE AND CHILDREN/ HENCEFORTH THERE IS LAID UP FOR ME A/ CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH THE/ LORD THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, SHALL/ GIVE ME AT THAT DAY, AND NOT TO/ ME ONLY, BUT UNTO ALL THEM ALSO/ THAT LOVE HIS APPEARING/ 2 TIM IV.8// ALLA AMATA MEMORIA DI CARLO EDE/ NATO IL 13 MAGGIO 1793/ MORTO IL 2 AGOSTO 1863/ QUESTO RICORDO CONSACRANO/ LA DESOLATA MOGLIE E I FIGLI/ DERELITTI/ GESU GLI DISSE IO SON LA VITA, LA VERITA, E LA VITA, NIUNO VIENI AL PADRE, SE NON PER ME/ GESU CRISTO E L'ISTESSO IERO, OGGI/ ED IN ETERNO/ EBREI XIII,8 / B17R/ Sculptor: Francesco Giovannozzi


CAPTAIN JAMES JOHNSTON McCLEVERTY/ ENGLAND/ MacCleverty/ Cap: Giacomo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 1 Marzo/ 1863/ Anni 53/ 818/ +/ James McCleverty, l'Angleterre, Capitaine de Marine, agé de 53 ans/ [Anchor and Rope on Rocks]/ GL23777/1 N° 321 Burial 03/03, Rev Ponton/ See Cleverty/ IN MEMORY OF/ CAPTAIN JAMES JOHNSTON M.CLEVERTY C.D./ R.N./ WHO DIED ON THE 4TH MARCH 1863/ AGED 52/ BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL/ FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY/ Restored following destruction by felled cypress / F12F/ Sculptor: Francesco Giovannozzi, Signature: F.GIOVANNOZZI.F

             

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LORENZO GORI (1842-FL.1898), ITALIAN

F'DOR PAVLOVIC D'OUSSOW/ USOV/ RUSSIA/ D'Oussow/ Teodoro/ Paolo/ Russia/ Firenze/ 28 Marzo/ 1876/ Anni 55/ 1350/ [Angel holding Cross, in other hand, with Ribboned Garland of Flowers, below Cross and Coat of Arms the Russian inscription is no longer legible from restoration cleaning, but had said 'COLORO CHE MUOIONO NEL SIGNORE'/ TEODORO E GUGLIELMINA D'OUSSOW/ E14I/ TEODORO E GIUGLIELMA D'OUSSOW/  Talalay: Usov (D'Oussow) Fedor Pavlovic, 28.5.1876, di anni 27; 'segretario di collegio', MKF; N° 1163, RC/ E14I/ Sculptor: Lorenzo Gori, Signature: L.Gori 1876-77/

GUGLIELMINA (AMBROSUS) D'OUSSOW/ USOVA/ GERMANIA/RUSSIA/ D'Oussow nata Ambrosus/ Vedova Guglielmina/ Niccolò/ Germania/ Firenze/ 18 Novembre/ 1876/ Anni 43/ 1370/ see Ambrosus/Usova/ TEODORO E GUGLIELMINA D'OUSSOW/ Talalay:  ?.11.1876, N° 1370, RC/ E14I/  Sculptor: Lorenzo Gori, Signature: L.Gori 1876-77/


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JOEL TANNER HART (1810-1877), AMERICAN

THOMAS SOUTHWOOD SMITH/ ENGLAND/Southwood Smith/ M.D./ Tommaso/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 10 Dicembre/ 1861/ Anni 73/ 761/ Southwood Smith, l'Angleterre/ Southwood Smith's granddaughter, Octavia Hill, continued his work, introducing housing reform in slums]/ GL23777/1 N° 301, Rev O'Neill/ In Memory of SOUTHWOOD SMITH, Physician/ who through the promotion of sanitary/ reform in the principles of which he was the first to discover and through other philanthropic and literary labour was distinguished as a Benefactor of Mankind/ Born at Martock, Somersetshire/ Dec 21, 1788, Died at Florence/ Dec 10, 1861// + THEN SHALL THE RIGHTEOUS SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN IN THE KINGDOM/ OF THEIR FATHER/ MATTHEW XII v.43// [Below Joel T. Hart's sculpted portrait medallion] / Ages shall honor, in their hearts enshrined, thee, SOUTHWOOD SMITH, Physician of Mankind/ Bringer of Air, Light, Health into the home/ Of the rich Poor of happier years to come/ Leigh Hunt/ D20I/ Sculptor: Joel Tanner Hart: Signature on neck of bust: J.T.HART

                           

     
*THEODORE PARKER / AMERICA/ Parker/ Rev. Teodoro/ Giovanni/ America/ Firenze/ 10 Maggio/ 1860/ Anni 49/ 698/ Le Reverent Theodore Parker, Lexington /Massachusetts aux Etats-Unis), fils de John Parker et de son épouse Hannah née Stearns/ Freeman, 232-235/ [portrait medallion by Joel T. Hart] THEODORE PARKER/ THE GREAT AMERICAN PREACHER/ BORN AT LEXINGTON MASSACHUSETTS/ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ AUGUST 24TH 1810/ DIED AT FLORENCE ITALY/ MAY 10 1860/ HIS NAME IS ENGRAVED IN MARBLE/ HIS VIRTUES IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE HE/ HELPED TO FREE FROM SLAVERY/ AND SUPERSTITION/ C21Q , Sculptor: Joel Tanner Hart

   


*§  JAMES ROBERTS/ENGLAND / Roberts/ Giacomo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 21 Gennaio/ 1865/ Anni 31/ 897/ James Roberts, l'Angleterre/ GL23777/1 N° 354 Burial 16/03 Rev Totteham, Webb has further materials/ [Portrait Medallion] SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ JAMES ROBERTS/ DIED 20 JANUARY 1865/ AGED 31 YEARS/ BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN / THE LORD/ C25S/ Sculptor: Joel Tanner Hart



^* PHILIPPINA (SIMONS) CIAMPI/ ENGLAND/ Ciampi nata Simons/ Filippina/ Giovanni/ Inghilterra/ Pistoia/ 13 Agosto/ 1870/ Anni 60/ 1104/ Philippine Simons, l'Angleterre, fils de John Simons et de Sara, née Stambler/ [Portrait Medallion]  FILIPPINA SIMONS INGLESE/ CON MOLTO INGEGNO E ISTRUZIONE/ EBBE OTTIMO CUORE/ MERITO' LA STIMA E L'AFFETTO/ DI QUANTI LA CONOBBERO/ CESSO' DI VIVERE IL 15 AGOSTO 1870/ DOPO LUNGA E TERRIBILE MALATTIA/ IL CAV: D. ORESTE CIAMPI/ ALLA DILETTA MOGLIE/ Q[esto].M[armo].P[ose]./ A8T(130) / Sculptor: Joel Tanner Hart

On a sculpture of Henry Clay by Joel T. Hart in New Orleans. From http://www-sal.cs.uiuc.edu/~friedman/canal/canal.htm

Pictures 15, 16, and 17.
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Three closeup views of the Henry Clay statue at the intersection of Canal and St. Charles/Royal Streets, the upper dated 1873, the middle dated 1882, and the bottom dated 1892.  The statue is about twelve feet high.  Clay is in the act of addressing the U. S. Senate, with his right hand extended in gesture.  The view is looking out toward the lake, so Clay is facing the river.

The history of the statue was featured in its inaugural ceremony, held April 12, 1860.  The sculptor, Joel T. Hart, gave the oration, in which he included the following (Harper's Weekly, April 28, 1860).

    “In the year 1852, a number of public-spirited and patriotic citizens, desirous of manifesting their veneration for the character and public services of Henry Clay, formed themselves into a society named the `Clay Monument Association of New Orleans.'  Their object, as their name indicates, was to erect in this city a suitable monument to the illustrious man whose memory they designed to honor.
    “They determined to erect a bronze statue of Mr. Clay, and they fixed upon this spot for its location, with the permission of the city authorities.
    “On the 12th of April, 1856, the corner-stone of the pedestal was laid with becoming solemnities.  The work of making the statue was intrusted to Mr. Joel T. Hart, of Kentucky.  The Association displayed their good judgment in committing this important work to a native sculptor, whose distinguished reputation in the world of Art gave an earnest of its admirable execution; and who, born by the side of the illustrious patriot, and having early learned to contemplate his greatness, would bring to the performance of his grateful task a genius glowing with the enthusiasm of unbounded personal admiration.”  [The scultor/orator wasn't shy about himself, was he?]
    “Equally judicious has been the selection of this site for the statue.  In the most frequented thoroughfare of our city—in the very heart of the metropolis, overlooking the Mississippi, the great avenue of our internal commerce, and one of the strongest natural bonds of the Union—it stands conspicuous; a noble and permanent ornament of New Orleans, and a fit monument of the gratitude and veneration of a free people.”

In the middle picture, some of the signs can be made out on the buildings on the downtown side of Canal (to our right), such as one that says “Music Store.”  Note how the electrical wires have taken over the sky by 1892.  The big tower in the bottom picture was at the Carondelet/Bourbon intersection. — S. T. Blessing (upper), Lilienthal (middle), Wittemann/Albertype (bottom)

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WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT (1827-1910), ENGLISH

 
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*§ +/FANNY WAUGH HUNT/ ENGLAND/ (Wough)[Waugh]/ Holman Hunt]/ Fanny/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 20 Dicembre/ 1866/ Anni 33/ 959/ Fanny Wough Hunt, l'Angleterre/ [Freeman, 227-230]/ [Written in Medallions on Coffin with 'Pelican in its Piety' or Noah's Dove with Olive Branch in its Beak at one end, Lilies at each end, floating on water, on the waves of the sea]
 

WHEN THOU 
PASSEST THRO
THE WATERS
I WILL BE WITH THEE
AND THRO THE FLOODS
THEY SHALL NOT 
OVERFLOW
THEE
IT IS 

BE NOT AFRAID
LOVE
IS STRONG AS 
DEATH
MANY WATERS CANNOT
QUENCH LOVE 
NEITHER CAN THE
FLOODS DROWN
IT
                          [Isaiah 43.2]                                                            [Matthew 14.27]                                                [Song of Solomon 8.6-7]
//[on plaque at base] FANNY/ THE WIFE OF/ W. HOLMAN HUNT/ DIED IN FLORENCE DEC 20 1866/ IN THE FIRST YEAR OF HER MARRIAGE/ Holman Hunt, Sculptor/ E13I

See essay, William Holman Hunt per la moglie giovane Fanny/ William Holman Hunt for His Young Wife Fanny Patricia O’Connor, The Pre-Raphaelite Society
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FRANCESCO JERACE (1853-1937), CALABRIA/NAPLES

Medallion portrait bust

* ANNE SUSANNA (LLOYD) HORNER/ ENGLAND/ Horner/ Anna Susanna/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 22 Maggio/ 1862/ Anni 76/ 782/ Suzanne Horner, agée de 75 ans/ NDNB entry for Leonard Horner/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ ANNE SUSANNA LLOYD,/ FOR FIFTY-SIX YEARS THE WIFE OF LEONARD HORNER ESQr OF LONDON, F.R.S../ SHE DIED IN FLORENCE ON THE 22d OF MAY 1862,/ IN THE 76th YEAR OF HER AGE./ - / SHE CAME FOR THE RECOVERY OF HER HEALTH, WITH/ HER HUSBAND AND DAUGHTERS SUSAN AND JOANNA/ AFTER THEY AND FOUR MARRIED DAUGHTERS FROM WHOM SHE HAD BEEN PARTED IN ENGLAND/ HAD BEEN BLESSED BY THE UNSPEAKABLE COMFORT OF HER RECOVERY WHICH ENABLED HER TO ENJOY/ BEAUTIFUL FLORENCE FOR SEVEN MONTHS,/ IT PLEASED GOD TO AFFLICT THEM BY HER/ ALMOST SUDDEN DEATH/ "THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BY THE NAME OF THE LORD"/ "THUS DO WE WALK WITH HER, AND KEEP UNBROKEN/ THE BOND WHICH NATURE GIVES,/ THINKING THAT OUR REMEMBRANCE, THOUGH UNSPOKEN,/ MAY REACH HER WHERE SHE LIVES"//

   The descendants in London own this plaster cast   

Francesco Jerace, who sculpted the tomb of Mary Somerville 1873, created this medallion of his parents:



[Around medallion on back of tomb]: MARITI VOTUM PER FILIAS SOLUTUM/ [Below medallion] THIS MEDALLION IS PLACED HERE BY THE DESIRE OF/ LEONARD HORNER F.R.S./ HE WAS PREPARING TO REVISIT THE GRAVE/ WHEN HE DIED LOVING - AND BELOVED/ IN THE 80TH YEAR OF HIS AGE IN LONDON/ 5 MARCH 1864/ AND WAS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY AT WOKING/ THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH/ GAL. V.22/ F6I/ Sculptor: Francesco Jerace, who sculpted tomb of Mary Somerville in Naples. Belle Arti observes he has Ann Horner wear wedding ring on her finger and ourobouros bracelet on her arm. Tomb was placed here decade later than Ann Horner's death

*§  WILLIAM SOMERVILLE/ SCOTLAND/ Somerville/ Guglielmo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 25 Luglio/ 1860/ Anni 87/ 703/ William Somerville, l'Angleterre (Ledbrough, Roxburghshire, Ecosse), rentier/ DNB, GL23777/1 N° 282 Burial 27/06, Rev O'Neill/ NDNB entries for wife, Mary Somerville, for father, Dr Thomas Somerville/ WILLIAM SOMERVILLE/ ELDEST SON OF THE HISTORIAN OF QUEEN ANNE/ BORN AT MINTO ROXBURGHSHIRE/ 22 APRIL 1771/ DIED AT FLORENCE 15 JUNE 1860/ GOD WILL REDEEM MY LIFE FROM/ THE POWER OF THE GRAVE 49 PSALM/ A11N(148)


His father's death is noted in Bell's Weekly Messenger (No.1770, Sunday, February 28, 1830): 'We regret to learn that the Rev. Dr. Somerville, so eminently distinguished as the historian of Queen Anne, and for other valuable works, died at Jedburgh Manse, at a very advanced age, on Sunday last. The Rev. Doctor was the father of a Scottish church. He had assisted in the communion services in the church of his own parish on the Sabbath preceding, and apparently with no decrease of energy or zeal; but he was taken ill on the evening of that day, and continued to linger, peacefully waiting for his rest, till his departure, as we have said, on the Sabbath of the week following, much about the hour, of the evening when he was first taken ill.--At Jedburgh, on the 16th inst. after a few days illness, the Rev. Dr. SOMERVILLE, in the 90th year of his age, and the 63d in which he had discharged the active duties of a Minister.--Edinburgh paper'. British Library: Title:  The History of Great Britain during the reign of Queen Anne, with a dissertation concerning the danger of the Protestant Succession, and an appendix containing original papers. Author: SOMERVILLE. Thomas. D.D. Publication details:  pp. xxvii. 674. A. Strahan, etc.: London, 1798. 4o. Author of many other books including against slavery. William Somerville is husband of the Scottish mathematician and astronomer Mary Somerville who predicted the existence of Neptune and Pluto. Mary Somerville encouraged Ada Byron, Countess Lovelace (Lord Byron's daughter), in her pursuit of mathematics, Ada Byron and Charles Babbage creating the  modern computer. She is buried in Naples' Cimitero degli Inglesi. Somerville College, Oxford, is named after her.

    
The bust honouring her at the Royal Society.  
Her tomb in Naples, sculpted
Her husband and her son both members         by Francesco Jerace, then 20.
because of her, but not she.

  

                                                                                              The missing piece of marble on the base that
                                                                                              had had her name is now just cement




Francesco Jerace, Calabria

http://www.abramo.it/service/arte/musei/jerace/gipscz.HTM

http://www.scultura-italiana.com/Biografie/Jerace.htm

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Jerace


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FYODOR FYODOROVICH KAMENSKY (1838-1913), RUSSIAN


Fyodor Kamensky was active in Florence 1868-1870 and it is recorded that he executed two busts for private patrons during this period, this likely being the second one.

ELENA NIKITICNA DIK, NATA AKZYNOVA/ RUSSIA/12. Akzynoff/ Elena/ di Nikita/ Russia/ Firenze/ 13 Maggio/ 1868/ Anni 34/ 1014/ Hélène Akzynoff, Russie, fille de Nikita veuve Dizcks/ Dik, nata Akzynova, Elena Nikiticna/ Talalay: N° 1093, RC/ F10I/ Sculptor, 1869: Fjodor Fjodorowitsch Kamensky, Portrait Medallion of sculpted marble bust within a garland inserted into now-crumbling pietra serena, Signature: F. Kamensky.

   

http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/museum/projects/development/full_programm/43/1/8.html



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GIUSEPPE LAZZERINI (1831-1895), ITALIAN

^* ANDREA CASENTINI/ ITALIA/ Casentini/ Andrea/ Mariano/ Italia/ Firenze/ 2 Febbraio/ 1870/ Anni 17/ 1079/ Andrea Casentini, l'Italia, fils de Mariano Casentini/ AL DILIGENTE E STUDIOSO GIOVANE/ ANDREA DI MARIANO CASENTINI/ CARO A TUTTI PER DISTINTE VIRTU'/ CHE NATO A LONDRA/ IL 14 MARZO 1853/ ERA TOLTO ANZI TEMPI ALLA VITA/ IN QUESTA CITTA'/ IL 2 FEBBRAJO 1870/ DESOLATI PADRE E FRATELLO/ QUESTA COMMEMORATIVA PIETRA/ ESPRESSIONE DI AFFETTO E DOLORE/ PIETOSAMENTE PONEVANO/ Freeman, 225/ F12E/ Sculptor: Giuseppe Lazzerini, Professor of Accademia di Carrara, Signature: INVENZIONE DEL PADRE/ ESEGUITA. DA G. LAZZERINI

        

 

* CLARA MATHILDE (SALVETTI) WETSZYNTHUS/ SVIZZERA/ Salvetti in Westzynthius/ Clara Matilde/ Gaudenzio/ Svizzera/ Firenze/ 8 Settembre/ 1863/ Anni 62/ 845/ Clara Mathilde Wetzinthius, veuve de George Thomas, Suisse, rentière, fille de Gaudenz Salvetti/ CLARA MATHILDE WETZYNTHUS/ NEE SALVETTI/ NEE A FLORENCE LE 2 JUILLET MDCCCII/ MORTE LE 8 SEPTEMBRE MDCCCLXIII/ J'AI COMBATTUE LE BON COMBAT/ J'ACHEVE MA COURSE J'AI GARDE LA FOI/ II TIM IV.7/ QUOIQU'IL EN SOIT IL EST MON ROCHER/ MA DELIVRANCE ET MA HAUTE/ RETRAIT/ JE NE SERAIT POINT EBRANLE/ PS LXII.7// TU NE REVIENDRAS PLUS VERS NOUS/ O MERE CHERIE/ MAIS NOUS IRONS VERS TOI!/ NOUS PLEURONS ET NOUS GEMISSONS/ MAIS NON PAS COMME SEUX/ QUI N'ONT POINT D'ESPERANCE// L'AGNEAU QUI EST AU MILIEU DU/ TRONE LES PAITRA ET LES CONDUIRA/ AUX SOURCES D'EAUX VIVES ET DIEU/ ESSUIERA TOUTE LARME DE LEURS VEUX/ APOC VII.17/ C21O/ Sculptor: Guseppe Lazzerini, Professor of Accademia di Carrara, Signature: PROF.G.LAZZERINI.


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FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON (1830-1896), ENGLISH

WITH FRANCESCO GIOVANNOZZI, ITALIAN

Lord Leighton studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti, then became President of the Royal Society in London. He engraved Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem, 'A Musical Instrument', a year before she died, and also George Eliot's Romola.



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Leighton Sketch Book, Royal Academy Library

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Greek Lyre                                                   Christian Harp                                             Hebrew Harp
Tragedy and Comedy                                   Cross                                                           Jubilee with Broken Slave Shackle
When Lord Leighton sculpted Elizabeth Barrett Browning's tomb he put on the lyre for the Greco-Roman world the two faces of the god Pan likely from the statue in the Giardino Torrigiani. The other two medallions represent the Hebrew harp of David, with a broken slave shackle on it for freedom from Egyptian and Babylonian bondage, and the Christian harp with the cross, these representing Europe’s rich multiculturalism.


See essay, An Old Yellow Book: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Death and Burial

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FRANCESCO MATTEI (FL. 1832-1873), ITALIAN


More an artigianal worker in marble than a sculptor, he is closely associated with Pietro Bazzanti in style and work.

^*§ BENJAMIN HENRY BENJAMIN/ AMERICA/ +102. Benjamin/ Beniamino Enrico/ /America/ Firenze/ 3 Dicembre/ 1851/ Anni 34/ 466/ GL, Rev. Henry O'Neill/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF BENJAMIN HENRY BENJAMIN/ OF BOSTON IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ DECEMBER 1851 IN HIS 35 YEAR/ . . . LOVED AND REGRETTED/ C24N/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei, Signature: F.MATTEI

HONOURABLE FRANCES SOPHIA MOSTYN CAMPBELL SCARLETT/ ENGLAND/ Scarlett (Campbell)/ Francesca Sofia/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 27 Settembre/ 1849/ Anni 23/ 414/ +/ FO 79/139+79 passim; GL 23774 N° 139, wife of Hon Peter Campbell Scarlet, HM's Sec of Legation at the Court of Tuscany, Burial 29-09/ [urn on top of column of her son's memorial]/ NDNB entry for Peter Campbell Scarlett/ Henderson/ See Scarlett/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE HON./ FRANCES/ SOPHIA MOSTYN SCARLETT WHO DIED AT THE/ VILLA GALLI SEPTEMBER 23 1850/ AGED 24/// HARK HOW THE SACRED CALM WHICH BREATHES AROUND/ BIDS EVERY FIERCE TUMULTUOUS PASSION CEASE/ IN STILL SMALL ACCENTS WHISPERING FROM THE GROUND/ A GRATEFUL EARNEST OF ETERNAL PEACE/ C26M/C26M/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei


LAWRENCE PETER CAMPBELL SCARLETT/ ENGLAND/ Scarlett (Campbell)/ Lorenzo Pietro/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 16 Ottobre/ 1847/ Mesi 18/ 376/ [GL 23774 N° 120, Death 01-01, Burial 23-10, Rev Robbins]/ NDNB entry for Peter Campbell Scarlett/ See Campbell/ [column, coat of arms, urn with branches] SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LAWRENCE PETER CAMPBELL/ ELDEST SON OF THE HONOURABLE/ PETER CAMPBELL SCARLETT HER/ BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SECRETARY/ OF LEGATION IN TUSCANY AND/ OF FRANCES SOPHIA MOSTYN HIS WIFE/ BORN ON THE 1 OF JAN 1846/ AND DIED ON THE 16TH OF OCT 1847/ C26M/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei, Signature: F.MATTEI

^*§° EMMA (GAMGEE) CAPEI/ ENGLAND/ Capei nata Gamgee/ Emma/ Giuseppe/ Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 15 Luglio/ 1863/ Anni 28/ 837/ Emma Cappei née Gamgée, l'Angleterre, fille de Joseph Gamgée et de Marianne/ GL23777/1 N°329, Rev Pendleton/ NDNB entry on father, Joseph Sampson Gamgee/ Henderson/   [°=Lorenzo Capei, Firenze]/ See Gamgee [Urn, medallions with winged hourglasses, upturned torches] DISTINTA CHE FU IN SUA MODESTA LUCE/ PER VENUSTA DI FORME/ E PIU/ PER INGENUITA D'ANIMO/ QUI RIPOSA NEI SONNO ESTREMO/ EMMA DI GIUSEPPE E MARIANNA GAMGE/ CHE AFFRANTA DA LABORIOSO GEMINO PARTO/ NEL DI 16 LUGLIO 1868/ IN ETA DI ANNI 29 MESI 3 IN QUANTI LA CONOBBERO/ MEMORIA NON PERITURA/ A6P/ Mattei/Bazzanti?

^*§ SOPHIA ANNE COFFIN/ ENGLAND/ Coffin/ Sofia/ / Inghilterra/ Presso Siena/ 13 Settembre/ 1849/ Anni 14/ 411/ GL 23774 N° 137 Death 13-09, Burial 16-09, Rev. Robbins/ [Dove with Scroll] I WILL ARISE/ AND GO TO MY/ FATHER/ HERE LIES INTERRED/ THE MORTAL REMAINS/ OF SOPHIA ANNE COFFIN/ ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN J.T. COFFIN R.N./ WHO DIED AT SIENA/ SEPTEMBER 15TH 1849/ AGED 14 YEARS/ E19G/ Scuptor: Francesco Mattei, same as Maria Nockells

MAJOR MICHELANGELO GALEAZZI/ ITALY/ENGLAND/ Galeazzi/ Magg: Michel Angelo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 4 Novembre/ 1859/ Anni 79/ 684/ Michel-Ange Galeazzi, Angleterre/ GL23777/1 N° 273, Burial 07/11, Age 78, Rev O'Neill/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MAJOR MICHELANGELO GALEAZZI/ WHO DEPAR/TED THIS LIFE ON THE 4 NOV 1859/ AETAT 77 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS/ HIS TRUST WAS IN JESUS HE . . . THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE . . . 7.XIV . . . AND THE BLESSED INVITATION . . . PRECIOUS TO HIM, COME UNTO ME ALL HEAVEN AND I WILL WINE/ POUREST/ MATTHEW XI. V.28/ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW TOKEN OF HER AFFECTION TO HIM WHOSE IFE SHE . . ./ ENDERED COMPANION IN EVERY SCENE OF . . / AND SORROW DURING A UNION OF 33 YEARS . . . BE TO THESE WORDS . . . F5G/ Sculptor, Francesco Mattei


^* JEAN CHRISTIAN HEINZMANN/ GERMANIA/ Heinzmann/ Gio: Cristiano/ Bartolomeo/ Germania/ Firenze/ 15 Maggio/ 1852/ Anni 57/ 479/ Jean Cretien ou Cristan Heinzmann, Wunsedal, Royaume de Bavière, Negociant, fils de Barthelme Heinzmann et de Elisabeth, sa femme/ Q18: 290 Paoli/ CHRISTIAN HEINZMANNA/ GEB D I JUNI 1795. GEST D 25 MAI 1852/ D24M/ [GUSTAVE HEINZMANN/ ITALIA/AUSTRALIA/] IN MEMORIAM/ °GUSTAVE HEINZMANN FLORENCE 6.ii.1833-ALBANY AUSTRALIE 28.VI.1906/ D24M / [FRANZ HEINZMANN/ ITALIA/?/] FRANZ HEINZMANN/ FLORENCE 18.IX.1834-COLON A. . .ERIOUE 18.IX.1894/ D24M/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei, Signature, F.MATTEI

^* ELIZABETH I. HOPKINS/ AMERICA/ Hopkins/ Elisabetta/ / / Lucca/ 26 Agosto/ 1871/ à Lucques, Elisabeth Hopkins/ / 1144/ SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH J. DAUGHTER/ OF BASIL B. AND/ ELIZABETH HOPKINS/ OF BALTIMORE U.S. AMERICA/ WHO/ DIED AT THE BATHS OF LUCCA/ AUGUST 25TH 1871/ C27M/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei

^*§ JAMES ROBERT MATTHEWS/ ENGLAND/ Mathew/ Giacomo Roberto/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 28 Luglio/ 1850/ Anni 78/ 434/ [coat of arms]/ James Robert Matthews, Kensington, comté de Middlesex, Angleterre, agé de 72 ans/ Webb has many family entries, notes age 78; Marriage daughter 16/03/42 Alfred Hall to Mary Eliza Matthews at HBM (Holland) groom s of late Thomas Hall chaplain at Leghorn, bride d of Capt JR Matthews, formerly Consul Gen at Lisbon/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF/ JAMES ROBERTS MATTHEWS ESQ/ WHO DIED AFTER 1 YEAR/ AND TWO MONTHS SEVERE ILLNESS/ WHICH HE BORE WITH/ CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE / AND RESIGNATION/ JUNE 29 1850 AGED 72 YEARS/ HIS END WAS PEACE/ A10R(140)/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei, Signature: F.MATTEI

*§+ DEMETRIO FREDERICK MIGNATY/ ITALIA/GREECE/ Mignaty/ Demetrio/ / Grecia/ Firenze/ 8 Settembre/ 1846/ Mesi 19/ 343/Thomas Adolphus Trollope, What I Remember, II.311, notes that Signora Mignaty was the niece of Sir Frederick Adam, who himself had married a Greek lady. 'I remember her aunt, a very beautiful woman. The niece, Signora Margherita Albani as she was when I first knew her at eighteen years old in Rome, inherited so much of the beauty of her race that the Roman artists were constantly imploring her to sit for them. She has made herself known in the literary world by several works, especially by a recent book on Correggio, his life and works, published in French'/ Mignatys, see Giuliana Artom Treves, Golden Ring, passim/  IN THE MEMORY/ OF DEMETRIO FREDERICK MIGNATY, INFANT SON OF GEORGE AND MARGARET MIGNATY, NATIVES OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS/ BORN THE 13TH OF JUANUARY 1845/ DIED THE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1848/ B13S/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei, Signature, F.MATTEI 1847

ELENA MIGNATY/ ITALIA/GREECE/ Mignaty/ Elena/ Giorgio/ Grecia/ Firenze/ 6 Luglio/ 1853/ Anni 5/ 511/ Hélène Mignaty, fille de George Mignaty/ ELENA/ DI GIORGIO E MARGHERITA MIGNATY/ NATA A FIRENZE LI 17 GENNAIO 1848/ MORTA LI 17 LUGLIO 1853/ BEATI I PURI DI CUORE PERCIOCCHE/ VEDRANNO IDDIO/ S. MATT. V.8/ B13S

Giorgio Mignaty, their Greek father, painted this portrait of  Casa Guidi, as it then was, for Robert Browning at Elizabeth Barrett Browning's death in 1862:

^*§  ELIZABETH SOPHIA (WHARRY) LADY MOORE/ ENGLAND/ Moore/ Elisa/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 7 Dicembre/ 1849/ / 423/ GL 23774 N° 144: Eliza Sophia Lady Moore, Burial 10-12, Rev Robbins, the burial of their son, Jacinthius Antonio Lorenzo, 30/06/16, Livorno, is recorded in PRO RG 33/117-301, Rev Hall/ SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH/ THE RELICT OF MAJR GENERAL/ SIR LORENZO MOORE, C.B. AND K.C.H./ WHO DIED IN FLORENCE/ ON THE 7 DEC 18697 AGED 70 YEARS/ E13I/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei

* CARLO MULLER/ SVIZZERA/ Müller/ Carlo/ / Svizzera/ Pitigliano/ 23 Maggio/ 1832/ Anni 64/ 62/ [Portrait Medallion below Cross]/ CARLO MULLER/ PITTORE PAESISTA/ EDUCATO DA SE STESSO ALL'ECCELLENZA NELL'ARTE SUA/ NACQUE NEL CANTONE DI BERNA L'ANNO 1764/ MORIVA DI SUBITO NELLA MEREMMA TOSCANA/ IN ESO QUIVI A RAFFIGURARE/ I BELLI ASPETTI DELLA NATURA/ L'ANNO 1832/ D23G/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei, Signature: F.MATTEI

^*§  MARIA NOCKELLS/ ENGLAND/ Nochells/ Maria/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 17 Aprile/ 1849/ Anni 32/ 401/ GL 23774 N° 129: Burial 19-04, Rev Robbins/ MARIA// [dove with scroll]/ JESUS SAID WEEP NOT/ SHE IS NOT DEAD/ BUT SLEEPETH/] THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/ BY HER AFFECTIONATE/ AND DISCONSOLATE BROTHER/ C.W. NOCKELLS/ AS A TRIBUTE OF LAST RESPECT/ TO THE MEMORY OF HIS DEAR SISTER/ MARIA NOCKELLS/ OF LONDON/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ ON THE 17TH APRIL 1849/ AGED 31/ B16M/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei, same as Sophia Anna Coffin.

^* EMILIA PETSCHMANN/ GERMANIA/ Petschmann/ Emilia/ / Germania/ Firenze/ 9 Febbraio/ 1851/ Anni 55/ 450/ Emilia Petschmann/ Magdebourg, Royaume de Prusse/ EMILIE PETSCHMANN/ NEE EN PRUSSE/ MORTE A FLORENCE/ LE 9. FEVRIER 1851 A L'AMIE!!!/ LA PLUS DIGNE/ D'ETERNELS REGRETS!!!/ C29Q / Sculptor: Francesco Mattei.

^* EDOARDO PREVOST/ SVIZZERA/ Prévost/ Edoardo/ Giovanni/ Svizzera/ Firenze/ 1 Luglio/ 1873/ Anni 58/ 1222/ Eduard Prévost, Suisse, Negociant, fils de Jean et de Elisa, née Patry/ ICI REPOSE/ EDOUARD PREVOST/ NE LE 14 MARS 1814/ MORT LE 1 JUILLET 1873/ LE JUSTE SERA EN/ MEMOIRE PERPETUELLE/ PS. CXII.6/ C28M/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei.

^*§ CONTESSA ELEANORE EMILIE STENBOCK-FERMOR/ RUSSIA/SVEZIA/ Stenbock (Fermor) [pencilled brackets]/ Contessa Eleonora Emilia / / Russia [pencil, (Svezia)]/ /18 Febbraio/ 1859/ Anni 44/ 664/ Comtessa Eleanore Emilie Stenbock Fermor, Neuenhoff en Estonie, proprietaire, fille de Comte Magnus Johann Stenbock Fermor, Colonel Russe, et de Comtesse Friederike Auguste, née Gernet/ HIER RUHT IN GOTT/ ELEANORE STENBOCK FERMOR/ HEIMGEGANGEN / DEN 18TH FEBRUAR 1859/ Talalay: N° 664, RC C22P/ Sculptor: Francesco Mattei, signature: F.MATTEI

* PIERRE SIMEON WAGNIERE/ SVIZZERA/ Wagnière/ Pietro Simone/ Gio: Samuele/ Svizzera/ Firenze/ 27 Dicembre/ 1857/ Anni 52/ 630/ Pierre Siméon Wagnière, Fey, Canton de Vaud, en Suisse, Negociant à Florence, fils de Jean Samuel Wagniere, et de Julie Wagnière, née Laurent/ PIERRE WAGNIERE/ NE A FEY EN SUISSE/ LE 29 JANVIER 1806/ MORT A FLORENCE/ LE 27 DECEMBRE 1857//[inscription that follows on the book no longer readable since the marble has been cleaned with compressed glass powder]. . . CHRIST . . ./ . . . / EPIL DE S. PAUL CHAP I VERS XXI/ VENEZ A MOI VOUS QUI LES TRAVAIL/ ES ET CHARGES ETJE VOUS SOULGERAIT/ S. GIOV. CHAP XI VERS XXXIII/ D24L/ Sculptor, Francesco Matteri, Signature: MATTEI

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HIRAM POWERS (1805-1873), AMERICAN

Hiram Powers was discovered in Cincinnati by Fanny Trollope, who had him do waxworks of Dante's Commedia, and who is also buried here. Working with Bartolini he combined Classicism and direct observation from human forms.

*°§ HIRAM POWERS/ AMERICA/ Powers/ Franco [later corrected to Hiram]/ Stefano/ America/ Firenze/ 27 Giugno/ 1873/ Anni 69/ 1220/ F. Hiram Powers, America, Sculpteur, fils de Etienne Powers/ Alessio Micahalles, etc., descendants/ HIRAM POWERS/ DIED JUNE 27TH 1873/ AGED 68/ E.B.B., Letters to Arabella, I.89-90, 106, 251/ E15D 

Contemporary Photograph in the Diary of Susan Horner, 1861-1862. see the entries for Horner and Zileri for members of this family.

HIRAM POWERS (1805-1873), an American, even American Indian, came to Florence in 1837 to study and work, and settled in Via Serragli, the artists' street of the day, with his wife and two children. He earned an international reputation for his statuary, for which he liked to choose the marble and supervise its quarrying himself, and he received considerable acclaim for the busts he did of several presidents of the United States. The cemetery also contains evidence of his grief: James (+1838), Frances (+1857) and Florence (+1857), his children, who died at five, eight and seventeen years of age in this their adopted land. LS
See Giuliana Artom Treves, Golden Ring, passim. We are seeking descendants of Hiram Powers, son of Hiram Powers, the sculptor, who moved to Florida where he married and had a daughter.

This statue, 'The Greek Slave', was the centrepiece of the Crystal Palace Exhibition and the subject of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet. It shows a Greek Christian slave being auctioned by Muslim Turks. In her poem Elizabeth draws the analogy also to American enslavement of Africans, Russian enslavement of serfs. Near Hiram Powers' tomb is that of Nadezda (Hope) De Santis, a black Nubian slave baptized Orthodox, who died in Florence in freedom.

Hiram Powers' 'The Last of Her Tribe', shows a Native American woman fleeing her captors. Every detail is observed down to the delicate sewing of the mocassins. The theme repeats that of 'The Greek Slave', a woman representing freedom against male oppressors.

Hiram Powers' statue of America, which is more truly American and more beautiful, than the Statue of Liberty, the gift of France. This plaster cast was discovered in his Florentine studio in 1966, along with many others, were purchased by museums in Washington, D.C. but have not been adequately studied, publicized or exhibited. Margaret Fuller's death, along with her husband and baby in the shipreck of the Elizabeth off Fire Island was partly caused by the colossal statue by Hiram Powers in its hold. Nathanael Hawthorne observed him and his studio for the writing of The Marble Faun. Among Powers' works is the head of the Princess Matilde Buonaparte Demidoff. Hiram Powers' sculpture career had begun with his modelling Dante's Commedia in wax in Cincinatti, Ohio, for Frances Trollope. This tomb for a year-old child, near his own, is by him:

      


^*§  HELEN FLORENCE OLDHAM/ ENGLAND/ Oldham/ Elena Firenze/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 6 Novembre/ 1845/ Mesi 11/ 319/ GL 23774 N° 84 Burial 08-11, Rev Robbins/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ HELEN FLORENCE/ ONLY CHILD/ OF/ CHARLES OLDHAM AND HELEN HIS WIFE/ BORN AT ROME NOV 20TH 1844 DIED AT FLORENCE NOV 6 1845/ E14G/ Sculptor: Hiram Powers, H.POWERS.F

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PRESTON POWERS, AMERICAN

While his son, Preston Powers, sculpts his tomb, perhaps that of the three children of Hiram and Elizabeth Powers, and that of Lily Nye.

*°§  FLORENCE POWERS/ AMERICA/ Powers/ Firenze/ Hiram/ America/ Firenze/ 30 Luglio/ 1863/ Anni 17/ 840/ Florence Povers, l'Amérique, fille de Hiram Povers et de Elisabeth/ G23777/1 N° 331, Burial 01/08, Rev Pendleton/ FLORENCE// *° FRANCES AUGUSTINA POWERS/ AMERICA/ Powers/ Francesca Agostina/ Hiram/ America/ Firenze/ 29 Luglio/ 1857/ Anni 8/ 842/ Françoise Povers, l'Amérique, fille de Hiram Povers et de Elisabeth/ G23777/1 N° 332, Burial 03/08/63, Rev Pendleton/ body embalmed to send to America, then retained in Florence/ FRANCES// JAMES GIBSON POWERS/ AMERICA / Powers/ Giacomo Gibson/ Hiram/ America/ Firenze/ 4 Marzo/ 1838/ Anni 5/ 841/ James Gibson Povers, l'Amerique, fil de Hiram Povers et de Elisabeth/ G23777/1 N°333, Burial 03/08/63, Rev. Pendleton/ body embalmed to send to America, then retained in Florence/ JAMES// CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH AND HIRAM POWERS A11P(152)



* LILLIE NYE/ AMERICA/ Nye/ Lillie/ / America/ Firenze/ 15 Gennaio/ 1874/ Anni 21/ 1239/ Lillie Nye, Amerique/ LILLIE NYE/ ONLY CHILD OF/ WM S.F.E. NYE DEC'D/ OF MARIETTA OHIO U.S.A./ DIED AT FLORENCE ITALY/ JANUARY 15 1873/ AGED 21 YEARS// THERE WAS A LILY ONCE MOST PURELY WHITE/ WE WATCHED IT DAILY TWAS SO FAIR A SIGHT/ FOR SHE WAS PURER THAN A DRIVEN FLAKE/ OF SNOW AND IN HER GRACE MOST EXCELLENT/ THE LOVELIEST FLOWER THAT DEATH DID EVER TAKE/ THE TALE FOR TALE THERE IS OF THIS WHITE STONE/ ARE THESE FAIR WORDS WHILE SHE LIVED SHE SHONE/  E14C/ Sculptor: Preston Powers, P.POWERS.FECIT

     

Another son, Longworth Powers, became a great Florentine phtographer, his portfolio being kept in the Gabinetto Vieusseux.

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FRANCESCO POZZI (1779-1844), ITALIAN

LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN LOCKE/ ENGLAND/ Locke/ Giovanni (Magg: Gen:)/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 28 Febbraio/ 1837/ Anni 65/ 155/ GL 23773/4 N° 57 Burial 02-03, buried by Rev Yelverton, entry by Rev Knapp; Marriage of daughter, GL23773/4 N° 14 05/11/34 Koestritz Henry Reus to Matilda Elizabeth Jane Locke at HBM (Seymour), groom Prince, Conte, Seigneur, bride daughter of Maj Gen John Locke, Rev Hutton; Freeman, 232-233, misidentified as 'LIEUTN GENERAL JOHN FOXE'; at Waterloo/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUT GENERAL JOHN LOCKE/ OF NEWCASTLE IRELAND/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 28 OF FEBRUARY 1837 AGED 67/ -.- / THE JUST PASSETH THROUGH DEATH UNTO LIFE/ [Celtic cross with shamrocks on arms, pelican in its piety front, lamp within ourobouros, back, coat of arms below/ A2O(4)/ Sculptor: Francesco Pozzi, Signature: FPozzi Fece/ 1838 [First F reversed, joined to P], signs twice.

   


REVD HUGH JAMES ROSE/ ENGLAND/ Rose/ Ugo Giacomo/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 22 Dicembre/ 1838/ Anni 43/ 178/ GL 23773/4 N° 70 Chaplain to Archbishop of Canterbury, Principal of Kings College London, Age 42, Burial 26-12, Rev Tennant/ Called 'Ugo Giacomo Rose' in the English Cemetery's entry,] Hugh James Rose had a reputation as an able Anglican theologian, indeed the beginner of the Oxford Movement, and his sermons in London attracted large gatherings. A child prodigy, most of his ministry was in Sussex where he had been born. For several years he was President of King's College. In poor health from asthma, he died at the height of his intellectual maturity, at 45. LS/ +/ PX/ H.S.E./ HVGO IACOBVS ROSE. S.T.E./ ANGLVS/ REVERENDISSIMO JESV CRISTO PATRI GVLIELMO ARCHIEPOSCOPO CANT[AB]RIENSIA SACRIS DOMESTICIS/ COLLEGHI REGALIS APUD LONDINENSES PRAEFECTUS/ QUI/ [ ]ACADEMIA CANTABRIGIENSI/ [ ]EGREGIA POSSET INDOLES/ [ ]ISSIMIS STVDIIS INFORMATA/ HAUD OBSCVRE SIGNIFICAVERAT/ ID. DEINCEPS/ [ ]EX VMBRA IN SOLEM PROCESSERAT/ CLARISSIMIS PATEFECIT INDICIIS [ ] SE DEDIT ECCLESIAE/ IN CONCIONIBVS [PER MV]LTAS EASQVE GRAVISSIMAS/ CORAM ACADEMICIS SVIS HABVIT/ [ ] FORMAE STATVRAE DIGNITATE/ [ ] VOCIS DVLCEDINE/ [ ] FLEXANIMA ELOQVENTIA [ ]RES MENTES OMNIVM/ TENEBAT IN SESE DEFIXAS/ INSCRIPTIS/ [ ] CHRISTIANAE DEFENSOR/ [ ] REDARGVIT SAPIENTIAM/ IN[ ]ENTE ECCLESIAE ET REIPVBLICAE PERICVLO/ [ ] TRA DESPERAVIT ET [ ] SPERARENT/ INTER PRIMVS EFFECIT/ FELICISSIME IN SACRIS LITTERIS VERSATVS/ GRAECARVM LATINARVMQVE SCIENTISSIMVS/ ANIMI CANDORE EXIMIO/ SINGVLARI MORVM SVAVITATE/ OMNIVM OMNIS AETATIS ET ORDINIS/ MIRIFICE SIBI CONCILANS BENEVOLENTIAM/ PER BREVIS SED ACTVOSAE VITAE CVRRICVLUM / ET IN VALETVDINE SEMPER INFIRMA/ CONSERVIENS ALIIS PRODIGVS SVI/ DOMI MAXIMIS LABORIBVS/ NON TAM FATISCENS OVAM FRACTVS/ HOSPES F[ ] IN HAC VRBE FLORENTIA PLACIDE CONQVIEVIT/ - / [ ]CCCXXXIX A. AET XLII/ [ ] ANIMA GENEROSA DVLCIS ET PIA/ A2Q(10)/ Scipio Tomb, Sculptor: Francesco Pozzi.
[See Biblioteca e Bottega Fioretta Mazzei acquisitions]


I suspect the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorn's tomb is also from his workshop, continuing following his death.

CHARLOTTE MARIA (KEPPEL) BOWES-LYON, COUNTESS OF STRATHMORE AND KINGHORN, BARONESS GLAMIS/ ENGLAND/SCOTLAND/ Strathmore/ Contessa Carlotta Maria/ / Inghilterra/ Villa Lalbrugh/ 3 Novembre/ 1854/ Anni 28/ 554/ +/ Charlotte Marie Comtesse de Strathmore et Kinghorn, Rentier/ Relative of Queen Elizabeth II through her mother, the former Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, born at St Paul's Waldenbury, the Hertfordshire house of her parents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, the ninth child, of ten, of the ancient Scots family; Burke's Peerage notes Charlotte-Maria, daughter of George-William Keppel, 6th Viscount Barrington, married Thomas George Bowes Lyon, 12th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn and Baron Glamis, 30 April 1850, dying, 3 November 1854, without issue, the Earl being succeeded by his brother Claude, the 13th Earl./ Henderson/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ CHARLOTTE MARIA COUNTESS OF STRATHMORE AND KINGHORN/ BORN DEC 29 1826 DIED AT VILLA NORMANBY NOV 3 1854/ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HER AFFLICTED AND BEREAVED HUSBAND/ THE LORD SHALL KEEP THEE FROM ALL EVIL/ YEA IT IS EVEN HE THAT SHALL KEEP THY SOUL/ PSALM CXXI/V.7/ B16O/ 

Another Scipio tomb may also have come from his workshop during his lifetime. It is in pietra serena and has crumbled badly as pietra serene outdoors lasts only a hundred years.

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JOHN RODDAM SPENCER STANHOPE (1829-1908), ENGLAND

English Pre-Raphaelite artist who resided in Florence.


*MARY SPENCER STANHOPE/ ENGLAND/ Spencer Stanhope/ Maria/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 23 Febbraio/ 1867/ Anni 7/ 972/ Mary Spencer Stanhope, l'Angleterre/ John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1829-1908), the disciple of Edward Burne Jones, came to Florence because of his asthma, residing at Villa Nutti at Bellosguardo with his wife and daughter./Design: John Roddam Spencer Stanhope / E13I

IN MEMORY
OF MARY
SPENCER STANHOPE
BORN NOVR
9.1859. DIED
FEB 23.1867
"THE LORD IS
MY SHEPHERD
I SHALL NOT
WANT. HE
MAKETH ME
TO LIE DOWN
IN GREEN PAS
TURES. HE
LEADETH ME
BESIDE THE
STILL WATERS"
aaaaa

See essay, L'arte della memoria: John Roddam Spencer Stanhope e la tomba della figlia Mary/ The Art of Memory: John Roddam Spencer Stanhope and the Tomb of His Daughter Mary Nic Peeters, Vrije Universiteit Brussel– Judy Oberhausen, San Mateo, California

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LAUNT THOMPSON, JR (1833-1894), AMERICAN

JAMES LORIMER GRAHAM, JR/ AMERICA/ ( Graam [Graham]/ Giacomo Lorimer/ Natale/ America/ Firenze/ 30 Aprile/ 1876/ Anni 41/ 1355/ Freeman, 224/ [Coat of Arms, Portrait Medallion] [Alpha] /NEW YORK/ 1835/ JAMES LORIMER GRAHAM, JR/ [Omega] /FLORENCE/1876/ B18L/ Sculptor: Launt Thompson, Signature: Launt.Thompson Jr 1878

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ALESSANDRO TOMBA (1825-1864), ITALIAN

Alessandro Tomba was a student of Giovanni Duprè.

SOPHIA FELICATOVNA GOLIKOVA/ RUSSIA/ Golikoff/ Sofia/ Phelitre/ Russia/ Firenze/ 12 Aprile/ 1863/ Anni 22/ 827/ Sophie Golikof, Russia, rentière. fille de Pheliter Golikoff, et de Pauline Golikoff/ [Young woman carried to heaven by winged, diademed angel] Golikova Sofija Felicatovna/ Talalay: nata 8.10.1841, Epitaffo: 'Blazeni cistii serdcem ibo oni Boga uzrjat'/ Beati coloro che hanno il cuore immacolato perchè di essi è il Regno di Dio], N° 827, RC/ A8N(108)  Sculptor: Alessandro Tomba, Signature: A.TOMBA.FECE 1864

  


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ETTORE XIMENES (1855-1927), PALERMO

^*§  INA BOSS SAULTER/ ENGLAND/ Saulter nata Boss/ Ina/ / Inghilterra/ 19 Maggio/ 1875/ Anni 19/ 1315/ [portrait medallion]/ IN / AFTER THE REMEMBRANCE OF/ INA/ THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF/ BOSS SAULTER AND MARY HOLDEN/ DIED AT FLORENCE MAY 19 1875/ AGED EIGHTEEN YEARS/ GL23777/1 N° 485, Burial 21/05, Rev Tottenham/ F8B / Sculptor: Ettore Ximenes

 

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Ximenes,_Ettore_-_Busto_di_Umberto_II_di_Savoia_-1935_ca.-._Roma,_Altare_della_Patria._Foto_Giovanni_Dall'Orto.jpg

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Ximenes

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/20/garibaldis-shield-missing-for-20-years-is-found-at-house-in-rome

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EMILIO ZOCCHI (1835-1913), ITALIAN

Cesare Paganini, Santa Croce

^* PROFESSORE CESARE PAGANINI/ ITALIA/ Paganini/ Prof. Cesare/ Giuseppe/ Italia/ Firenze/ 6 Aprile/ 1872/ Anni 65/ 1164/ peintre, fils de Joseph/ E16D/ Bust from Column now at Istituto per l'Arte e il Restauro, Sculptor: Emilio Zocchi, who was consulted by Francesco Giovannozzi on Leighton/EBB tomb and who effected the Santa Croce facade.


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