Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire. The marble statue of Ellen-Jane and Marianne Robinson asleep in each other's arms on a bed.

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The Sleeping Children in the south east corner of Lichfield Cathedral is a marble sculpture by Francis Chantrey. Depicting Ellen-Jane and Marianne Robinson asleep in each other's arms on a bed. and it was commissioned by the mother of the two children, also named Ellen-Jane Robinson, whose daughters had died in 1813 and 1814

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Size: 3462px × 5010px
Location: Lichfield Cathedral The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © James Clarke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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