“Monument to James Northcote, R.A.” by Sir Francis Chantrey

James Northcote, R.A. (1746-1831), a lifesize seated figure by Sir Francis Chantrey. Marble. Exeter Cathedral. [Click on these images to enlarge them.]

Northcote was a portraitist, narrative and genre painter, and author of some distinction (an essayist, anecdotist etc), but a true eccentric, miserly by nature and "small and lean with angular features" (Postle), just as shown here. He was a bachelor, and "left £1000 to the sculptor Francis Chantrey for his monument to be placed in St Andrew's Church, Plymouth" (Postle), though it ended up being installed here, in Exeter Cathedral, instead.

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Photographs and text by Robert Freidus, with additional text by Jacqueline Banerjee. You may use the images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.

Bibliography

Postle, Martin. "Northcote, James (1746–1831), artist and author." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online edition. Web. 16 January 2024.


Created 26 October 2018
Last modified 16 January 2024