Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial . t and almoststartling in its depth and intensity of colour. Monuments which occupied positions in the old church have been replacedin the present building. That (of alabaster) to the memory of Sir ThomasChaloner, of Gisborough, the famous chemist, soldier, author, and poet, whowas knighted by Henry IV. of France, is here near the window, and there aremortuary tablets on the walls to the Walpoles and others. The first extension of the church was due to Dr. Walker, a Puritan in-cumbent under the Commonwea
Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial . t and almoststartling in its depth and intensity of colour. Monuments which occupied positions in the old church have been replacedin the present building. That (of alabaster) to the memory of Sir ThomasChaloner, of Gisborough, the famous chemist, soldier, author, and poet, whowas knighted by Henry IV. of France, is here near the window, and there aremortuary tablets on the walls to the Walpoles and others. The first extension of the church was due to Dr. Walker, a Puritan in-cumbent under the Commonwealth, who placed in the tower the tabletto William Bordall, the vicar of the church and founder of ye by far the more interesting mementoes are in the churchyard, forthere lies William Hogarth, the great painter, humorist, and moralist,whose monument, erected by David Garrick, is conspicuous on the south 552 ABBEYS AND CHURCHES. [Chiswick side, crowned by a flame in burnished brass. Garriek wrote an epitaphand sent it to Dr. Johnson, who, not liking it, made such considerable. CHISWICK. UOQARTUS TOMB. alterations or suggestions that very little of theoriginal composition was left, and the result was thatGarriek wrote another, with or without Johnsonsassistance. It is not a very striking performance :— Farewell, great painter of uiaiikind, Who reached the noblest point of art,Whose pictured morals charm the through the eye correct the heart. If Genius fire thee, reader, stay ; If Nature touch thee, drop a tear;If neither move thee, turn away, For Hogarths honoured dust lies here. This, too, is signed D. Garriek. The inscription on the monument shows thatMrs. Hogarth, who was the daughter of Sir James Thornhill, the artist who paintedthe dome of St. Pauls and the ceilings at Bloxham and Greenwich, also lieshere. She died in 1789, and was eighty years old, having survived her husband AND KeW.] A QUAINT INSCRIPTION. 553 twenty-five years. Lady Thornhill, her m
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