The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . ter of West-minster. Inscription : Erected by the King and Parliament, as a Testimony tothe Virtues and Ability of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham,during whose Administration, in the Reigns of George II. andGeorge III. Divine Providence exalted Great Britain to anheight of Prosperity unknown to any former Age. Born , 1708. Died May 11, 1778. The middle intercolumniation on the westside, is occupied by another lofty Monument,which
The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . ter of West-minster. Inscription : Erected by the King and Parliament, as a Testimony tothe Virtues and Ability of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham,during whose Administration, in the Reigns of George II. andGeorge III. Divine Providence exalted Great Britain to anheight of Prosperity unknown to any former Age. Born , 1708. Died May 11, 1778. The middle intercolumniation on the westside, is occupied by another lofty Monument,which was executed by Nollekens, in 1/93, to thememory of the naval Captains, Bayne, Blair,and Manxeus, who were killed in the West In-dies during the two engagements with the FrenchAdmiral De Grasse, in April, 1/82; and whoseremains, in compliance with their own injunctions,were committed to the deep. The figures are allof white marble ; the pyramidical back-ground ofa lightish dove colour, variegated. This is a shewyproduction; but the grand interests of sepulchralcommemoration are here rendered subordinate tothe allegory, though most of the sculpture is very. L0ndanj^6$i7ty/.cn0maniciyiatBTVsBrIb*.& MONUMENTS IN THE NORTH TRANSEPT. 209 finely executed. The central part is occupied bya rostral column, on the summit of which is a well-proportioned statue of Fame, in a standing po-sition, holding a laurel wreath : from the capitaland shaft of the column, and partly sustained by awinged boy, are displayed pendant Medallions, inovals, of the deceased, thus inscribed :— LordRobert Manners, aged twenty-four.— CaptainWilliam Bayne, aged fifty.— Captain JVilliamBlair, aged forty-one. On the basement is a ma-jestic figure of Neptune reclining on a sea-horse,and directing the attention of Britannia, who isstanding on the right of the column, to the me-dallions of her fallen sons: a Lion couchant atthe side of Britannia, and sustaining her shield,completes the group. The b
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