Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments . ing hisway upward through clouds, with out-stretched hands, while an angel awaits himwith crown and palm. A. bas relief showsthe masts of the Royal George as sheappeared long after, rising above water. In the chapel of St. Andrew at the endof this aisle stand three large, white mar-ble statues, representing Thomas Telford(d. 1834), builder of the Menal Bridgeand Caledonian Canal, burled In the nave: 645 Westminster Abbey John Philip Kemble, the actor (d. 1823),as Cato: and his sister, the famousMrs. SIddons (d. 1831), represented ast
Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments . ing hisway upward through clouds, with out-stretched hands, while an angel awaits himwith crown and palm. A. bas relief showsthe masts of the Royal George as sheappeared long after, rising above water. In the chapel of St. Andrew at the endof this aisle stand three large, white mar-ble statues, representing Thomas Telford(d. 1834), builder of the Menal Bridgeand Caledonian Canal, burled In the nave: 645 Westminster Abbey John Philip Kemble, the actor (d. 1823),as Cato: and his sister, the famousMrs. SIddons (d. 1831), represented asthe Tragic Muse, taken from her well-known picture by Reynolds. A lofty,canopied marble monument with effigiesof Lord and Lady Norris and their sixsoldier sons, recalls the days of AnneBoleyn and Lord Norris father who for-feited his life on the scaffold for defend-ing the young queen. A curious tablet on the east wall toMrs. Ann Kirton, who died in 1603, hasan alabaster eye on the upper part of theframe from which a shower of alabastertears is falling. 6_o. Tomb of Lord and JLady Norris axu tih-ik six sons From Ackcrmans Westminster Abbey. CHAPTER XXIII THE NAVE Pray tell me then, what is the greatman who lies here particularly remark-able for? Remarkable, Sir! said mycompanion; why. Sir, the gentleman thatlies here is remarkable for having a tombin Westminster Abbey Goldsmiths Citizen of the World. The general aspect of the nave is stately,dignified and well-ordered but not richlybeautiful as are the eastern arm of thechurch and the transepts. Its somewhatharsh and uninviting appearance is in-creased by the cold, generally unsightlymarble monuments which have been per-mitted to encroach on its walls. In otherparts of the Abbey the same inharmoniousmonuments appear and in equal number:but relief is furnished in nearly all theseinstances by the fact that a great or aloved name is honoured: or that the monu-ment is of some beauty in design or indetail: or the part of the church i
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