Monument To Henry Daniel, Nunhead Cemetery

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TQ3375NW LINDEN GROVE 636-1/50/474 Monument to Henry Daniel, Nunhead Cemetery

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Momument. c1867. To Henry Daniel, d.1867. Stone. Located in Section D, just to the west of the chapel (qv), and along a main path. A heavily swathed vestal figure stands upon a garlanded base with cherubs heads set at the corners. This collection of motifs is in turn supported by plinth with inverted torches at the angles (repeating those on the entrance gate piers). The vault plot is delineated with Grecian scrolled borders and honeysuckle ornament. Henry Daniel was mason to the London Cemetery Company which owned and ran Nunhead Cemetery and had workshops opposite the entrances to Nunhead and Highgate Cemeteries. His monument is an opulent concoction which can be read as a posthumous advertisement of his artistic skills.

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