Lichfield Cathedral (2)

I am devoting a second post to Lichfield Cathedral’s tombs.

A commemorative bust of Samuel Johnson was done by Westmacott in 1793:-

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So was the monument to Andrew Newton, with standing woman and accompanying children:-

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Also in the South Transept is a commemorative monument to the Officers of the 80th. Regiment of Foot by Peter Hollins:-

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In the South Choir Aisle is an early monument by Francis Chantrey (1814) to the daughters of Canon Robinson:-

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And in the north Choir Aisle a powerful Epstein memorial to the evangelical Bishop Woods who was a great tennis player and used to walk round his diocese:-

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