Zachary Hubbersty memorial - Holy Trinity - Kendal, Cumbria - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Memorial to Zachary Hubbersty (d.1979) with relief art, in Holy Trinity church, Kendal.

The inscription below reads -
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ZACHARY HUBBERSTY
OF GREAT WINCHESTER STREET, LONDON, ESQUIRE,
WHO DIED ON THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1797, IN THE 41ST YEAR OF HIS AGE,
LEAVING A DISCONSOLATE WIDOW AND SIX CHILDREN.
FEW EQUALLED AND NONE EXCELLED HIM IN PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE,
AND STRICT INTEGRITY;
AND OF WHOM THE LEARNED AND VIRTUOUS LORD ELDON
IN A LETTER OF CONDOLENCE TO THE DECEASED’S BROTHER OBSERVED,
“HIS LOSS IS NOT MORE TO BE LAMENTED BY HIS FAMILY
THAN BY THE PROFESSION, OF WHICH BE WAS AN ORNAMENT, AND AN HONOUR.”
ALSO OF PHILLIS SARAH HUBBERSTY HIS SECOND DAUGHTER
WHO IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR LOST HER LIFE
BY FALLING INTO THE SEA FROM THE PIER IN WHITBY HARBOUR.
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY JOHN LODGE HUBBERSTY, ESQRE.
SENIOR FELLOW OF QUEEN’S COLLEGE, DEPUTY HIGH STEWARD
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, AND RECORDER OF LANCASTER,
WHO HAS NEVER CEASED TO LAMENT THE LOSS
OF THE BEST OF BROTHERS AND FRIENDS.

"The sculpture is by John Flaxman (1755-1826) (visit link) who worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood’s pottery early on in his career. He then went on to earn a living sculpting grave monuments. His work was admired for its simplicity and pathos. The sculpture in memory of Zacchary Hubhbersty is a strikingly tender representation of grief. The figures are bound together in grief. The mother lies prostrate with an infant on her lap, whilst the other children bow their heads. It is also a monument to the cruel and capricious nature of fate. The inscription tells us that death came suddenly and unexpectedly on one of the figures just one year later.

There is compositional unity and a rhythmic dynamism to much of Flaxman’s work; especially to his relief carvings. He understood the form exceptionally well. This portrayal of grief manages to be both classically stylised and emotionally raw. Its power to move has endured through the centuries."

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Your impression of the sculpture?: Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 09/23/1797 Where is this sculpture?: Holy Trinity Church Kirkland Kendal , Cumbria England LA9 5AP Sculptors Name: John Flaxman Website for sculpture?: Not listed

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