East Sussex Church Monuments - 1530 to 1830 - Archive of Photographs
by Professor Nigel Llewellyn

(39) BRIGHTLING, St. Thomas à Becket


39F Mural monument for Dr. Primrose BLAIR, d. 1819

-  North chancel arch pier, West face, at head height.

-  100(W) x 131(H)~Excellent; faded.

-  Mostly white marble; on a pedestal in low relief, an urn; entwined snakes for handles; grey slate baseplate; below M.I. on an unframed rectangular panel; simple block corbels.

-  Dr. Primrose Blair, naval Physician, d. 27 Jan 1819, aet 59, buried St. Martins [-in-the-Fields], London; patron, John Fuller, Esq.