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

(45) BURWASH, St. Bartholomew


45L Mural for Rev. John COURTAIL, d. 1806

-  South aisle, West end, South-West corner, below 45K.

-  98(W) x 149(H)~Good; damaged cornice / pediment.

-  Rectangular black marble baseplate; white marble panel set portrait-wise, with M.I. (11 lines); pointed pediment over; on apron, symbol of eternity (serpent); flanking allegory of Faith and Hope; M.I.; signed (lower right): 'FLAXMAN RA SCULPTOR'.

-  Rev. John Courtail, M.A., archdeacon of Lewes, canon of Chichester, rector of Woodchurch, Kent and rector and vicar of Burwash for more than 51 years, d. 25 Feb 1806, aet 90.