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HE WAS BORN AT HACKNEY IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, SEPT. Il d MDCCXXVI.THE EARLY PART OF HIS LIFE HE SPENT IN RETIREMENT,
RESIDING PRINCIPALLY UPON HIS PATERNAL ESTATEAT CARDINGTON, IN BEDFORDSHIRE;
FOR WHICH COUNTY HE SERVED THE OFFICE OF SHERIFFIN THE YEAR MDCCLXXIII.
HE EXPIRED AT CHERSON IN RUSSIAN TARTARY, ON THE XX* OF JAN. MDCCXC.A VICTIM TO THE PERILOUS AND BENEVOLENT ATTEMPTTO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE OF AND FIND AN EFFICACIOUS REMEDYFOR THE PLAGUE.
HE TROD AN OPEN BUT UNFREQUENTED PATH TO IMMORTALITY,
IN THE ARDENT AND UNREMITTED EXERCISE OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY.MAY THIS TRIBUTE TO HIS FAME
EXCITE AN EMULATION OF HIS TRULY GLORIOUS ATCHIEVEMENTS.
On the other side of the pedestal are the words “ John Bacon, R,. A. Sculptor. 179^*’
Against the north-east pier, opposite to Mr. Howard’s Statue stands that of Dr. Johnson,in the attitude and with the expression of intense thought; the figure leaning against a column**The Epitaph on the pedestal below was from the pen of Dr. Samuel Parr.
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SAMVELI . JOHNSON
GRAMMATICO . ET . CRITICOSCRIPTORVM . ANGLICORVM . LITTERATE . PERlTOPOETAE . LVMINIBVS . SENTENTIARVMET . PONDERIBVS . VERBORVM . ADMIRABILIMAGISTRO . VIRTVTIS . GRAVISSIMOHOMINI . OPTIMO . ET . SINGVLARIS . EXEMPLI
QUI . VIXIT . ANN . LXXV . MENS . ll . DIEB . XIIlI.DF.CESSIT . IDIB . DECEMBR . ANN . CHRIST . clo . IoCCLXXXIIlI.SEPVLT . IN . AED . SANCT . PETR : WESTMONASTERIENS.XIlI . KAL . JANVAR . ANN . CHRIST . cla . IoCC . LXXXV.
AMICI . ET . SODALES . LITTERARIIPECVNIA . CONLATAH . M . FACIUND . CVRAVER.
On one side of the pedestal,
FACIEBAT . JOHANNES . BACON . SCULPTOR . ANN . CHRIST . M . DCC . LXXXXV.
Against the south-west pier stands the Statue of Sir William Jones: it is, like the twoformer, of the colossal size, and represents him in the attitude of study. His rigM
Against the south-west pier stands the Statue of Sir William Jones: it is.former, of the colossal size, and represents him in the attitude of stud
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* In the Gent. Mag. for March 1 796 , vol. lxvi. part i. p. 180. is the sculptor’s own description of the MonumentsHoward and Johnson.