Monument to Edward Macklew, Kensal Green Cemetery

The tomb takes the form of a square pedestal with a stepped base, inset inscription panels and an egg-and dart cornice, topped by an outsize urn with elaborate Classical decoration. The flared base of the urn is much eroded, but some wreath and foliage ornament can still be made out. The bowl is decorated with stylised acanthus leaves spiralling up to a central band with cable and wave-scroll mouldings; above are festoons suspended between female masks with plaited braids, beneath a moulded and scalloped rim. The lid has more acanthus-leaf ornament which curls over beneath a massive two-stage finial. The principal inscription testifies to Edward Macklew’s ‘sterling worth, kindness, generosity and extensive benevolence’; other inscriptions commemorate Andrew Macklew (d.1847) and Catherine Barker (d.1878).