(302) WITHYHAM, St. Michael and All Angels
302E Mural monument for John Frederick SACKVILLE, 3rd Duke and Earl of DORSET, d. 1799
- Sackville Chapel, North wall, West end, above head height.
- 135(W); (H) inaccessible~Excellent.
- Above, 3 mourning putti with the portrait roundel of the deceased against a square back plate; pointed pediment over; M.I. on framed tablet, set landscape-wise, flanked by fluted drums; all on large corbels with arms between; signed (lower right): 'NOLLEKENS FT. 1802'.
- John Frederick Sackville, Duke, KG, etc., many titles and honours, died at Knowle Park, 19 Jul 1799, aet 54, buried at Withyham; his widow, Arabella Diana Cope.
