Monument to William Hawkins and Mary, his Wife

Created by Joseph Edwards

Date: 1854
Usually date of exhibition rather than production

Object class: sculpture

Object type: monument

Description: 'It includes a figure of Hope, in high relief, the size of life, with an anchor and the Bible by her feet, and a vase at her side, inscribed "Mors est jaua melioribus vitae", and bearing, amongst other emblems, the monogram of our Saviour, the poppy, the cocoon, from which the butterfly is escaping (the soul quitting its earthly habitation), and the Egyptian winged globe, the symbol of eternity. On the Anchor will be found, "It is good that we should hope", "Hope is the anchor of the soul", "Hope to the end". Above the upturned head of the figure, which is surmounted by a lambent flame, is the morning star, and the dispelled clouds, shown on the tablet forming the background, give a slightly indicated "glory"' ('The Builder', 22 July 1854, pp. 387, 388).

Inscriptions
Mors est jaua melioribus vitae
Location: on vase

It is good that we should hope
Location: on achor

Hope is the anchor of the soul
Location: on anchor

Hope to the end
Location: on anchor

Notes: The monument was erected by Hawkins' sons, one of whom was W. Warwick Hawkins, MP for Colchester

Citing this record

'Monument to William Hawkins and Mary, his Wife', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib5_1246021247, accessed 18 Sep 2021]