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Frederic W. Farrar

Bombay, India, 1831 - Canterbury 1903
schoolteacher and author, his writings including stories of school life; dean of Canterbury, 1895-1903
(Wikipedia)

Albert Bruce-Joy
1906

Description

Marble portrait relief.

Inscription(s)

to the glory of god and in memory of
FREDERIC W. FARRAR. D.D.
dean of this cathedral,
1895 – 1903
this tribute of love and devotion
is placed by his grafeful son eric.

the wish, that of the living whole
no lofe may fail beyond the grave,
derives it not from what we have
the likest god within the soul?

tennyson.

Annotation

Unveiled 22 March 1906.

Sculptor

Albert Bruce-Joy (Dublin 1842 - Shottermill 1924), Irish sculptor, specialized in portrait statues, busts and medallions (Wikipedia)
Kineton Parkes, Sculpture of To-day (New York 1922 ), pp. 151-153.

Sources & Information

Aberdeen Journal - Friday 23 March 1906 (British Newspaper archive).

Locatie (N 51°16'47" - E 1°4'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbse068; Photograph: 12 August 2015
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