FDA-P.102-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.102-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
The Tomb of Gray, Stoke Pogis [sic], Bucks.
Gray's Tomb at Stoke Poges
Gray's Tomb at Stoke Poges
Title Type
assigned by artist
assigned by cataloguer
assigned by cataloguer
Description
View of a part of a church, with two figures leaning/sitting on tombs
Comments
'Gray's tomb', in the churchyard of St Giles' parish church, Stoke Poges, was erected for Gray's aunt, Mary Antrobus, who died in 1749. It also contains the remains of Gray's mother Dorothy Gray, who died in 1753 (an inscription records the poet's bereavement at her loss). At his own request, Thomas Gray's remains were interred there on 6 August 1771, following his death on 30 July. The neighbouring tomb, seen here to the right of Gray’s tomb, contains the remains of Sara Duckworth, wife of the vicar of St Giles from 1754.
Other number
CL 343
Description
Dimensions
height (sight size): 665mm
width (sight size): 504mm
width (sight size): 504mm
Inscription
Christie's stencil on back
Material
oil paint
wood
wood
Materials & techniques note
Oil on panel
Physical description
Modern gilt frame
Production
Person
de Cort, Hendrik Frans, 1742 - 1810 (Artist)
Date
c.1797
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 27 March 1981; from which sale purchased by Eton College
Exhibited: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, 1797, catalogue number 313
Exhibited: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, 1797, catalogue number 313
