[12a] Percy Shelley Monument, Christchurch, England [front]

Creator

Architect/Sculptor of Monument

Henry Weekes (1807-1877)

Student Author

Catherine Lake

Preview

Identifier

12a

Medium

carte-de-viste

Keywords

Percy Shelley Monument, Christchurch Priory, Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Henry Weekes, Percy Florence Shelley, romanticism, neoclassical statue

Name of Monument

Percy Shelley Monument

Date of Completion or Dedication of Monument

1854

City of Monument

Christchurch

Location within City

Christchurch Priory

State/Province of Monument

Dorset

Country of Monument

England

Description

A photograph of the Percy Shelley Monument, a Neoclassical sculpture, in Christchurch, England. The statue was commissioned by Shelley’s surviving son, Percy Florence Shelley, and was carved by Henry Weekes in the early 1850’s. The sculpture depicts Shelley, who drowned off the coast of Italy in 1822, being held by his wife, Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

School of Art/Architecture

Neoclassical Sculpture

Publisher

Firth & Co.

Digital Date

1-19-2022