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Tomb of William and Evelyn De Morgan

A Grade II Listed Building in Woking, Surrey

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Latitude: 51.2988 / 51°17'55"N

Longitude: -0.626 / 0°37'33"W

OS Eastings: 495886

OS Northings: 156416

OS Grid: SU958564

Mapcode National: GBR FBP.JK4

Mapcode Global: VHFV7.3MD6

Plus Code: 9C3X79XF+GH

Entry Name: Tomb of William and Evelyn De Morgan

Listing Date: 23 July 2004

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1391033

English Heritage Legacy ID: 492721

ID on this website: 101391033

Location: Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey, GU24

County: Surrey

District: Woking

Electoral Ward/Division: Heathlands

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Traditional County: Surrey

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey

Church of England Parish: Woking St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Guildford

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Description



71/0/10038 Tomb of William and Evelyn De Morgan,
23-JUL-04 Brookwood Cemetery

GV II
Monument to William de Morgan (1839-1917) and his wife Evelyn (nee Pickering: 1855-1919). Carrara marble.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a tall neo-Grec stele. Over a rectangular base with inscription is a relief, designed by Evelyn de Morgan, showing an angel with outstretched arms, pleading with a female figure of Death, with inverted torch, who turns her back. Above is an eared pediment, within which is a pair of hearts. The inscription described William as 'Artist - Potter - Inventor - Novelist' and closes 'Sorrow is only of the earth / The life of the spirit is joy'.
HISTORY: William is celebrated as a Chelsea-based potter who resurrected the art of lustreware, and was much influenced by Middle eastern design; he later worked with William Morris and had a factory in Fulham. His wife was a figural painter, strongly influenced (like Burne-Jones) by the C15 Florentine painters: this influence is also sensed in this memorial, which is a late example of such 'Pe-Raphaelite twilight' works. One of a number of memorials at Brookwood to prominent artists of their day. The attribution of the monument to Sir George Frampton is perhaps open to question.

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