Monument to Lord Mansfield in Westminster Abbey

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The Monument to Lord Mansfield in Westminster Abbey is a neoclassical funerary sculpture honoring the influential 18th-century jurist William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf funerary monument
neoclassical artwork
sculpture
architecturalStyle Neoclassicism
associatedPlace King’s Bench
surface form: King's Bench

Parliament of Great Britain
associatedWith British legal history
House of Lords
category monuments and memorials in London
commemorates William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
country United Kingdom
dedicatedTo William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
depicts William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
function commemorative monument
genre funerary art
hasArtisticStyle classical drapery
idealized portraiture
hasSubject allegorical figures
personification of Justice
personification of Wisdom
heritageDesignation part of Grade I listed Westminster Abbey
honours 18th-century jurist
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
languageOfInscription English
Latin
locatedIn England
London, England
surface form: London

Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Westminster Abbey
locatedInSection interior of Westminster Abbey
materialUsed marble
memorializedPersonCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
memorializedPersonDateOfDeath 1793
memorializedPersonField jurisprudence
law
memorialType tomb monument
partOf monuments in Westminster Abbey
period 18th century
religiousContext Anglican
subjectOccupation judge
politician
subjectTitle William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
surface form: 1st Earl of Mansfield

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
surface form: Lord Chief Justice
theme justice
legal authority
wisdom

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John Flaxman notableWork Monument to Lord Mansfield in Westminster Abbey