Tomb Of Admiral Sir John Ross is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Tomb.
Tomb Of Admiral Sir John Ross
- WRENN ID
- low-hearth-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 2001
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Admiral Sir John Ross, who died in 1856, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It features a Carrara marble cross entwined with an anchor and chain, set upon a cairn and placed on a stepped pedestal. This design, combining the anchor and cross on a cairn, symbolizes Christian hope and fortitude and became a common theme in later Victorian funerary sculpture. This tomb is an early example of that style. Admiral Ross, referred to as "THE ARCTIC EXPLORER," left retirement to search the Arctic for Sir John Franklin between 1850 and 1851.
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